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Black Box Penetration Testing Explained
This post is a transcript of Christian Espinosa's explanation of Black Box Penetration Testing and how White, Gray, and Black relate.
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Gray Box Penetration Testing Explained
This post is a transcript of Christian Espinosa's explanation of Gray Box Penetration Testing and how White, Gray, and Black relate.
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White Box Penetration Testing Explained
This post is a transcript of Christian Espinosa's explanation of White Box Penetration Testing and how White, Gray, and Black relate.
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How Your Ego Impacts Your Life
There are ways to control your ego (not your amigo). If you manage your ego you will live a much happier, healthier life.
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How Emotional States Can Slow Down and Speed Up Time
When we learn how emotions affect how we perceive time, we can easily control how we feel and perceive time.
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The Importance of Acknowledgment and Appreciation
Whether it is for ourselves or the people around us, acknowledgment can do wonders. Learn to acknowledge yourself and your team by reading more.
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Neural Pathway Highways and Ruts: Change Your Habits
When I discovered it’s possible for our brains to create new pathways, I recognized this can improve a person’s behavior, health, and mindset.
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Finding Your Purpose In Life: Understanding The 7 Levels Deep Exercise
The concept of purpose is a very common theme in modern society. One of the many ways to find purpose is the 7 Levels Deep Exercise.
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Awareness: Models of the World
Being an effective leader requires many things. Aside from understanding our own skills and capabilities, we need to exert time and effort to understand
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The Power of Questions
There are many ways to approach a problem. We often get caught up thinking about answers when we should be looking for the right question.
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What is Congruence?
Is it possible for us to be in touch with what we really feel? In this post, I explain the importance of congruence how we can use it to be fulfilled.
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Empathy vs. Sympathy
Empathy is to feel and connect with people, while sympathy drives disconnection. Empathizing is being together with the person in the dark so they are not alone while sympathizing is saying “Too bad!” from afar.
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How to Develop Soft Skills in Your Cybersecurity Team
Cybersecurity roles are highly technical, so why should you care about soft skills? For any technical or non-technical position human interaction is vital.
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Are You Effectively Motivating Cybersecurity Professionals?
Motivation is a very personal and subjective thing. What motivates one person may not the next. How leaders inspire teams isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach.
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Adapting in Cybersecurity: Why Agility Matters
Adapting in cybersecurity and being agile have long been hallmarks of the field. After all, there’s always a new threat or risk, so the industry is certainly not static.
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The Value of Empathetic Leadership in Technical Roles
Empathetic leadership is about compassion for employees and customers. And it fits nicely in cybersecurity, an area that requires trust, communication, and collaboration.
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Monotasking vs. Multitasking
Monotasking or single-tasking is the process of dedicating oneself to one task at a time. Monotasking is more effective than multitasking.
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Fixed vs. Growth Mindset
Our mindset is crucial because it affects our ability to learn new skills and cope with everyday challenges. A growth mindset is preferable.
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A CISO Isn’t a Technical Role
A CISO isn’t a technical role. In this post, I’ll make a case for why it isn’t a technical role and define the most critical CISO skills.
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How to Hire Cybersecurity Professionals to Ensure Success for the Organization and the Employee
In this article, we teach you how to hire cybersecurity professionals so they and your organization can be successful.
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NLP Presuppositions for Leaders
There are 14 NLP presuppositions that we apply to become better leaders of ourselves and others. Awareness of NLP presuppositions is vital.
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Cognitive vs Affective Empathy Leadership
Cognitive and Affective Empathy are both a part of being an effective leader. High cognitive empathy / low affective is the best combination.
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Why Do Technical People Struggle with People Skills? And How Can Companies Fix It?
Soft skills are a challenge for many technical individuals. Technical people often get put in a category of lacking them. Why?
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Risk Comprehension Is a Basic Cybersecurity Skill, Yet Most Practitioners Lack It
Risk assessment is essential to proactive and reactive cybersecurity plans, yet most cybersecurity professionals do not understand risk.
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