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Your Cyber Path: How to Get Your Dream Cybersecurity JobEP 116 - What's next after season 2?What's next after season 2?
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In the grand wrap-up of season two of the podcast 'Your Cyber Path', hosts Kip Boyle and Jason Dion reflect on their four-year podcast journey. They also reveal that for the time being, there won't be a season three as originally planned.
Several factors have influenced this decision, the primary being their venture Akylade – a cybersecurity certification organization. They're also experiencing increased demand for their time and energy due to factors involving Akylade and other projects. However, they highlight the intention of potentially doing a...2024-02-1636 minYour Cyber Path: How to Get Your Dream Cybersecurity JobEP 115 - SDP 10: Separation of PrivilegesSDP 10: Separation of Privileges
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In this episode of the Your CyberPath podcast, Kip Boyle and Jason Dion delve into the concept of the separation of privilege as a vital component of their series on security architecture and design principles.
Jason and Kip talk about how the separation of privilege illustrates its significance through real-world examples. They also help showcase its application in technologies, military operations, and financial transactions.
Jason also draws from his military experience to underscore the critical role of separation of privilege in SOVOT...2024-02-0615 minYour Cyber Path: How to Get Your Dream Cybersecurity JobEP 114 - NIST CSF Versus The Top 18About this episode
In this episode, Kip Boyle and Jason Dion discuss the importance of cybersecurity in the current digital landscape and focus on comparing two different standards: The NIST Cybersecurity Framework and the CIS Top 18.
The NIST Framework was created to assist organizations in becoming cyber resilient and offers an adaptable and comprehensive approach to cyber risks. The CIS Top 18, on the other hand, provides an actionable and practical checklist of controls that is prioritized and sequenced.
Both of these frameworks provide us with cybersecurity measures that can be used...2024-01-1950 minYour Cyber Path: How to Get Your Dream Cybersecurity JobEP 110: Am I too old to work in Cybersecurityhttps://www.yourcyberpath.com/110/
In this episode, hosts Kip Boyle and Jason Dion discuss the topic of ageism in cybersecurity careers. They address a listener's question about whether it is too late for a career change into cybersecurity at the age of 60-65. The hosts acknowledge that ageism does exist in the industry, but they provide tips and strategies for older individuals to overcome this challenge.
First, they advise career changers to identify their transferable skills and highlight them on their resumes. They also recommend choosing job titles carefully, avoiding entry-level positions that may be...2023-11-2434 minYour Cyber Path: How to Get Your Dream Cybersecurity JobEP 104: Confidently Presenting with Meredith Grundeihttps://www.yourcyberpath.com/104/
In this episode, our awesome host Jason Dion is back again with another episode of the Your Cyber Path podcast. This time, he’s accompanied by an amazing guest, Meridith Grundei. Meridith is a renowned public speaking coach and owner of Grundei Coaching who specializes in public speaking and presentation skills.
Meridith explains that understanding your client and doing your due diligence of research and studying will help you immensely in your attempts to simplify any complex concept to any level of audience. You need to figure out your objective, point ou...2023-09-0149 minYour Cyber Path: How to Get Your Dream Cybersecurity JobEpisode 100 - Best of YCPhttps://www.yourcyberpath.com/100/
We're celebrating the 100th episode of Your Cyber Path podcast with a special edition episode. It's going to be a little different this time.
We are going to sit back and reflect on all our 100 previous episodes and take in the things that we learned, so basically welcome to the highlight reel of the Your Cyber Path podcast!
Our hosts are Kip Boyle, a cybersecurity hiring manager who started in the Air Force, and Jason Dion, who has over 20 years of experience in the defense industry, including positions at...2023-07-071h 43Your Cyber Path: How to Get Your Dream Cybersecurity JobEP 95: The Cybersecurity Student Perspective with Sam Bodinehttps://www.yourcyberpath.com/95/
In the beginning, our hosts Jason Dion and Kip Boyle talk a little bit about their new company Akylade, which is going to provide affordable cybersecurity training. They discuss their initial motivations to start the company, what the plan for the company is, and what's the road map for Akylade.
Then, we get into the topic of our episode, introducing our guest, Samuel Bodine, a cybersecurity sophomore, and the leader of the cyber defense team at Liberty University in Virginia.
Sam discusses the different aspects of the competitions they...2023-04-2844 minYour Cyber Path: How to Get Your Dream Cybersecurity JobEP 93: CyberWIDE Panel - LevelUp - InfoSec Certifications Souphttps://www.yourcyberpath.com/93/
In this special episode, we are going to share with you a live webinar hosted by the North Texas Information Systems Security Association. They invited our own Jason Dion and Kip Boyle for the CyberWIDE Panel’s InfoSec Certification Soup to discuss careers, hiring, resumes, and of course, certifications.
We begin the episode with a brief discussion of how Jason and Kip got into the world of cybersecurity, moving over to some valuable information about how you should go about starting your cyber career and how to know which career is fi...2023-03-311h 27Your Cyber Path: How to Get Your Dream Cybersecurity JobEP 92: Password Managershttps://www.yourcyberpath.com/92/
In this short episode, our hosts Jason Dion and Kip Boyle discuss the critically important topic of password managers.
In the beginning, Jason quickly describes password managers, their use cases and how they work, highlighting both the security and convenience aspects of using a password manager.
Then, Kip goes over how to choose a password manager and what criteria you should consider when choosing the best software, emphasizing that attack resistance comes first, and all other criteria comes second to it.
After that, our hosts discuss the...2023-03-1734 minYour Cyber Path: How to Get Your Dream Cybersecurity JobEP 90: How to Get Your First Job as a Pentester with Chris Hornerhttps://www.yourcyberpath.com/90/
In this episode our host Jason Dion goes over the very exciting topic of how to get your first job as a Pentester with Chris Horner, banking expert turned Security engineer and Penetration tester and together they go through Chris's background, how he got into banking and why he made the switch to Cybersecurity.
Chris discusses his transition story and how it's not the cliche zero to hero in 90 days, explaining that it took him a long time to transition where he is today, highlighting that his networking experience and soft...2023-02-1736 minYour Cyber Path: How to Get Your Dream Cybersecurity JobEP 67: Why Location Matters When Looking for Your First Cybersecurity Rolehttps://www.yourcyberpath.com/67
In this episode, we are focused on what the real world looks like in cybersecurity supply and demand and the role of geography and location when looking for a cybersecurity job.
Jason Dion will walk us through cyberseek.org for a cybersecurity job. He will discuss how to explore the heatmap of the site so that you will understand why you need to consider the location, given data about a certain position, and even certifications when hunting for a job.
For those who don’t want to relocate but wo...2022-04-0143 minYour Cyber Path: How to Get Your Dream Cybersecurity JobEP 62: The NIST Cybersecurity Frameworkhttps://www.yourcyberpath.com/62
In this episode, we cover the importance of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF) and its use in managing risk as a business process within your organizations. The NIST Cybersecurity Framework was developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology in collaboration with cybersecurity experts across the world.
The framework is divided into three parts: the Framework Core, the Framework Implementation Tiers, and the Framework Profile. The Framework Core contains the five concurrent and continuous functions performed by a cybersecurity organization: identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover. The Framework Implementation...2022-01-2131 minYour Cyber Path: How to Get Your Dream Cybersecurity JobEP 55: Which cybersecurity certifications should you get?https://www.yourcyberpath.com/55
In this episode, we are focused on the ever-divisive question of the importance of certifications in the cybersecurity industry. The answer to this question has changed over time from certifications being unimportant, to them being extremely important, to well, it depends.
Certifications can be extremely important for several reasons, including their ability to help your resume get through the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) filters used by the human resources and recruiting team, but they are not a silver bullet that will instantly land you a job.
As Jason Dion...2021-10-1537 min
Your Cyber Path: How to Get Your Dream Cybersecurity JobEP 54: New Cohost Jason DionFor the past year, my good friend Wes Shriner has been my cohost. We’ve created some great episodes together, which I hope have helped you. These days Wes is super busy in his new role as Chief Information Security Officer, and I couldn’t be happier for him. So now that Wes has graduated from being my cohost, I’ve invited Jason Dion to cohost.
Some of you may already know about Jason from his online certification prep courses. Maybe you’re already a customer of his? Well, it turns out that Jason is much more tha...2021-10-0111 minYour Cyber Path: How to Get Your Dream Cybersecurity JobEP 54: New Cohost Jason DionFor the past year, my good friend Wes Shriner has been my cohost. We’ve created some great episodes together, which I hope have helped you. These days Wes is super busy in his new role as Chief Information Security Officer, and I couldn’t be happier for him. So now that Wes has graduated from being my cohost, I’ve invited Jason Dion to cohost.
Some of you may already know about Jason from his online certification prep courses. Maybe you’re already a customer of his? Well, it turns out that Jason is much more than a ce...2021-10-0111 min