Let me get this out of the way: yes, I know we’re living in the Age of AI. Machines are writing essays, generating art, chatting like therapists, and possibly plotting to take over your job while pretending to be helpful productivity tools. Meanwhile, “the cloud” isn’t just where your embarrassing high school photos live—it’s where your entire business infrastructure has
Category: Cybersecurity
Becoming a network and cybersecurity engineer sounds cool until you realize it mostly involves staring at broken things, talking to your devices like they’re sentient, and Googling the same command over and over because somehow, it still isn’t working. So why do I post about those failures? Because let’s face it—success is boring. “Look at me, I configured a switch
Let’s take it back. There I was—bright-eyed, highly caffeinated, and absolutely convinced that becoming a software developer was the move. Why? Because in my mind, devs were the tech world’s version of rockstars. They had it all—cool job titles, slick GitHub profiles, an endless supply of dark-mode editors, and a paycheck that whispered, “Go ahead, buy that mechanical keyboard with
What Failing CISM Taught Me About Cybersecurity (and Humility) So, I took the CISM exam. And I failed. Not in a cute, “missed it by one point!” way either. More like, “Well that escalated quickly” level of failure. Picture the Titanic, but instead of an iceberg, it was 150 scenario-based questions that punched me square in the professional pride. Let
Alright, Internet. June 20 is officially my showdown with the CompTIA CASP+ (CAS-004) exam. No bootcamps, no video tutorials, no magic spells—just me, my trusty study guide, and a gradually fraying grip on reality. Why? Because I like pain, apparently. What is CASP+ and Why Is It Staring Into My Soul? CASP+ is short for CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner. But
Let’s clear the air: AI isn’t here to take your job as a network or cybersecurity engineer. It’s here to sit in the corner, automate some of your boring tasks, and silently judge your lack of Python skills. Sure, AI can do some cool tricks — like sift through thousands of logs in seconds or spot weird traffic patterns at
Have you ever read something that feels like the global version of your family group chat—chaotic, full of drama, and somehow still functional? That’s how I felt digging through the ODNI’s 2025 Annual Threat Assessment (link here) right after publishing The Global Frenemies Report You Didn’t Know You Needed. Let’s just say the vibes matched. If my first post was
So the U.S. Intelligence Community dropped their 2025 Annual Threat Assessment — aka the “here’s who’s causing us migraines this year” report — and it’s a wild ride. Think of it like the world’s most serious group chat, where the ODNI (Office of the Director of National Intelligence) spills the tea on all the countries and chaos threatening America’s peace
When a few government websites got defaced, it wasn’t just a prank—it was a wake-up call that the Philippines is already caught in the crosshairs of a silent cyber war. I didn’t get hacked. No virus took down my PC. No ransomware locked up my files. But when I saw a few Philippine government websites defaced—replaced with foreign symbols, strange