Any tech bros on here

[Samkellers_69]

So I've been in a hybrid IT/biomed role for about 6 months and the company I'm with pays for all certs/schooling, etc...
Curious if anyone does cyber security or anything with VMs. Trying to decide a path to take.

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

I can ask my intern @Elizabeth Reed

 

[Juro]

So I've been in a hybrid IT/biomed role for about 6 months and the company I'm with pays for all certs/schooling, etc...
Curious if anyone does cyber security or anything with VMs. Trying to decide a path to take.

To start, Comp TIA Security+ for cyber security. For VMs, a VMware certificate or AWS will get you started.

 

[RedSeaRising]

FWIW, @LoudHogRider can help you with any technical issues with modems and routers.

 

[LoudHogRider]

So I've been in a hybrid IT/biomed role for about 6 months and the company I'm with pays for all certs/schooling, etc...
Curious if anyone does cyber security or anything with VMs. Trying to decide a path to take.

Cyber security is a red-hawt career path with TONS of potential for growth. If you’ve got the aptitude and the opportunity for training and experience, I’d push my chips “all in” on that segment of tech.

My $0.02 worth.

 

[Samkellers_69]

To start, Comp TIA Security+ for cyber security. For VMs, a VMware certificate or AWS will get you started.

That where I was looking to start for security if I go that route.

I have my CCNA so I imagine comp TIA security can't be much more difficult.

 

[Samkellers_69]

Cyber security is a red-hawt career path with Tina of potential for growth. If you’ve got the aptitude and the opportunity for training and experience, I’d push my chips “all in” on that segment of tech.

My $0.02 worth.

That is true. I've been psyching myself out in security because currently the company I'm with isn't to big on security yet. But we've been having a ton of meetings on how in the next 3-5 years we will be all in in security stuff

 

[Samkellers_69]

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[LoudHogRider]

That is true. I've been psyching myself out in security because currently the company I'm with isn't to big on security yet. But we've been having a ton of meetings on how in the next 3-5 years we will be all in in security stuff

You'd better be all in on it ASAP OR have a bunch of Bitcoin available for ransomware payments. Just sayin'.

 

[Samkellers_69]

You'd better be all in on it ASAP OR have a bunch of Bitcoin available for ransomware payments. Just sayin'.

I mean we have security for what we provide. Its a global company but I think they're going to try and become some kind of healthcare security company is my guess.

 

[LoudHogRider]

I mean we have security for what we provide. Its a global company but I think they're going to try and become some kind of healthcare security company is my guess.

They could use the help. I saw a thread on the Husker Board where Scripps got hacked and received a ransomware demand. Doing that with hospital and other critical care systems can potentially kill people.

In a previous life, I ran an IT Consulting Services company and beyond insurance companies, most health care operations weren't worth calling on as they didn't have or wouldn't spend the $$$ to bring their IT systems to current state. I get it - shit's expensive - but the price for non-conformance is even higher.

Good luck to you on your career path.

 

[BingoDingo]

They could use the help. I saw a thread on the Husker Board where Scripps got hacked and received a ransomware demand. Doing that with hospital and other critical care systems can potentially kill people.

In a previous life, I ran an IT Consulting Services company and beyond insurance companies, most health care operations weren't worth calling on as they didn't have or wouldn't spend the $$$ to bring their IT systems to current state. I get it - shit's expensive - but the price for non-conformance is even higher.

Good luck to you on your career path.

Yeah, I've seen some pretty hilarious things in HC in terms of IT/Security "best practices".

Last month one our our DBAs told us that one of our customer facing production servers hadn't been patched and recycled in over 9 months and was all nonchalantly telling us there were 16 critical updates that needed to be patched "sometime this week". Really fun stuff, lol.

 

[BBTown Bomber]

Cyber security is a red-hawt career path with Tina of potential for growth. If you’ve got the aptitude and the opportunity for training and experience, I’d push my chips “all in” on that segment of tech.

My $0.02 worth.

I’m ok with Tina but I’ll be damned if I’m going to deal with a bunch of Karens......😠

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[Juro]

Yeah, I've seen some pretty hilarious things in HC in terms of IT/Security "best practices".

Last month one our our DBAs told us that one of our customer facing production servers hadn't been patched and recycled in over 9 months and was all nonchalantly telling us there were 16 critical updates that needed to be patched "sometime this week". Really fun stuff, lol.

Oooof. I’m a an administrator for plant systems and 4 months should be the absolute tops for length without patching.

 

[LoudHogRider]

I’m ok with Tina but I’ll be damned if I’m going to deal with a bunch of Karens......😠

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When "tons" becomes "Tina", it can only mean one thing: two-ton Tina is on the prowl. Hide your weens - she's coming for you!

 

[SoCal_Corn]

So I've been in a hybrid IT/biomed role for about 6 months and the company I'm with pays for all certs/schooling, etc...
Curious if anyone does cyber security or anything with VMs. Trying to decide a path to take.

First Rule of the IT Crowd:

So always do that and yore gonna be just fine.

 

[SoCal_Corn]

FWIW, @LoudHogRider can help you with any technical issues with modems and routers AND TV Streaming services.

FIFY

 

[BBTown Bomber]

When "tons" becomes "Tina", it can only mean one thing: two-ton Tina is on the prowl. Hide your weens - she's coming for you!

I’m currently hiding out at the farm just north of the Twisted Tail. Wut could possibly go wrong??

😁

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[huskermack]

My company has gone through a handful of IT security folks in the last few years.
Seems to me that they take quite a bit of heat when the inevitable cat lady accidentally downloads something negatively impactful.
Personally, I would not want to work in IT security at all.

 

[lee_carvallo_12]

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