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.
Opinions and ideas expressed here are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of my employer or any professional affiliation that I may have.
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
- 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)
- GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
- GIAC Continuous Monitoring Certification (GMON)
- GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
- CompTIA - Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP) (SecurityX)
- 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)
- EC-Council - Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
- Federal Communications Commission - General Class HAM Radio License