My first experience with Cloudflare
I first got exposure to Cloudflare in my current role. It’s used as a reverse proxy to websites mainly to benefit from its security…
Compare columns on two spreadsheets with PowerShell
I have two systems that report on assets within the organisation. An Endpoint Manager and a Vulnerability Manager. Ideally, both systems should report the same assets. Same number, same hosts. However, I noticed some assets reported by the Endpoint Manager were not appearing in the Vulnerability Manager. I needed to
Late
Today I am late. Super late. I missed the first train. And then I even missed the next train half an hour later with the door closing literally just as I reached it. Proper movie scene. A second earlier and I would have been in. And my initial reaction to
VIM Editor
Recently, I had to use Vim Editor after years. Honestly, I had to google how to use it. I used it daily for some morning manual checks when…
Percentage change from zero to anything
Something interesting I came across recently. How do we calculate a percentage change from zero to a positive number?
Revision: Arabic Word States
In trying to learn Arabic, I haven’t focused too much on the technical names and grammatical explanations for things. That is by design for…
How I deal with Security Incidents - PICERL
When working on security incidents, I always use an Incident Response framework called PICERL. I got it from SANS450, a brilliant blue…
Reset a Ubiquiti AP Lite with no reset button
I recently ran into a problem with my Ubiquiti AP Lite. I needed to reset it to adopt it again after I made some changes to the Controller which is running on a Raspberry Pi. There are two ways I knew of to reset it. 1. Hold the reset button
Cyber Security Soft Skills
I have done a lot of technical training over the years. No doubt, this has allowed me to pursue a career in Cyber Security. Recently, I’ve…
What do I do on Patch Tuesday?
I wanted to write a post about what I do on Patch Tuesdays as a Security Engineer. This would have been helpful to me when I first started…
Why I am learning Arabic
Outside of my day job as a Security Engineer, I have been learning Arabic with Arabica Institute for a few years. Classes are once a week and there is a clear emphasis on learning to speak and understand the language rather than focusing on grammar rules. This makes sense to
10 Things I have learnt doing Vulnerability Management part time
Part of my current role is Vulnerability Management. Before this role, I had zero experience in this area so I have had to learn on the…