Christian Waggoner

Aug 15, 2024 | medium.com | Christian Waggoner

Today’s notes introduce various tools and strategies used in network hardening, emphasizing a layered security approach known as “defense in depth.”Network security is not about deploying every tool available but rather about strategically layering these defenses to create a comprehensive and robust security posture. Each layer adds another level of protection, making it significantly harder for attackers to compromise the network.

Aug 14, 2024 | medium.com | Christian Waggoner

TODAY’S CYBERNOTES from my cybersec study sesh will be focused explaining network security hardening practices, like port filtering, network access privileges, and encryption over networks. Certain network hardening tasks are performed regularly, while others are performed once and then updated as needed. Hardening network security is about defense in depth.

Aug 13, 2024 | medium.com | Christian Waggoner

Today I am sharing my cybersec activity project notes and walking through a cybersecurity tabletop incident response scenario where I describe a response to a Brute Force attack incident. Multiple customers emailed yummyrecipesforme’s helpdesk, reporting that that the company’s website had prompted them to download a file to access free recipes. The customers claimed that, after running the file, the address of the website changed and their personal computers began running more slowly.

Aug 11, 2024 | medium.com | Christian Waggoner

Today’s cybersec note dump relates to concepts that are important to understand about hardening your operating system against security threats. • What kinds of things need security hardening? • What does it mean to harden the operating system (OS)? • Why is it important to update the latest security patches? • What is a baseline configuration, or baseline image? • The importance of hardware and software disposal.

Feb 15, 2023 | drenproductions.substack.com | Christian Waggoner |Gordon Brewer |J.D. Oliva |Travis Gibb

Travis Gibb and the Orange Cone Productions team gives you a behind the scenes look at the creation of some of your favorite books.