About

Brendan Higgins is a Cybersecurity Engineer.

This site is just a place to record interesting things in cybersecurity, technology, programming, literature, video games, and just about anything else.

I’ll list all my certs here, but I often let them expire. ^{Certifications expiring is sort of a racket anyway.}

Education:

Western Governors University: Master of Science, Cyber Security and Information Assurance
California State University San Bernardino: Bachelor’s Degree, Business Administration, Cyber Security

Certifications:

(ISC)² - CISSP
Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Cloud Certified Practitioner ^Expired
GitLab DevOps Professional

GIAC Cloud Threat Detection (GCTD)
GIAC Cloud Security Automation (GCSA)
GIAC Exploit Researcher and Advanced Penetration Tester (GXPN)
GIAC Certified Windows Security Administrator (GCWN) ^Expired
GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA) ^Expired
GIAC Continuous Monitoring Certification (GMON)^Expired
GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)^Expired

CompTIA - Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP)
CompTIA - Security+
CompTIA - Cloud+
CompTIA - Network+
CompTIA - PenTest+

These also combine into all sorts of neat stackable certification titles.

EC-Council - Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI) ^Expired
EC-Council - Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) ^Expired

Federal Communications Commission - General Class HAM Radio License