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List of Resource Links from SANS New to Cyber Summit 2021
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The following is a list of links shared by those attending the 2021 New to Cyber Summit. SANS loves the positivity and contributions from the Summit attendees, and that members of the community openly shared these URL links for use by others who were new to the community.
Important: SANS is not affiliated with and does not control or endorse these links in any way. The tools, websites or information provided here are to be used at your own risk. We suggest that those interested in using these resources do their due diligence and assess them carefully before use.
We truly appreciate the full participation of all the presenters and attendees of the 2021 SANS New to Cyber Summit. The community is what made it a great event!
General Resources
- SANS Free - SANS instructors produce thousands of free content-rich resources for the information security community annually. These resources are aimed to provide the latest in research and technology available to help support awareness and growth.
- Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework) | National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies - The National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework provides a blueprint to categorize, organize, and describe cybersecurity work into Specialty Areas, tasks, and knowledge, skills, and abilities.
- Toyota - Vulnerability Disclosure Program | HackerOne
Blogs, Articles, and Reports
- The long-lasting consequences of Coalfire's Iowa pentest fiasco - CyberScoop
- Building security in: An interview with Igor Bergman - ThoughtWorks
- World’s Biggest Data Breaches & Hacks — Information is Beautiful
- A Wakeup Call for the Cloud - Network World
- Ethical Hacking Lessons — Building Free Active Directory Lab in Azure - Kamran Bilgrami - Medium
- The Psychology Behind Why We Strive for Consensus - Verywell Mind
- Space Command to launch Joint Cyber Center - FedScoop
- New bottleneck emerges in DOD's contractor cybersecurity program, concerning assessors - FedScoop
- Enabling new air, space and satellite capabilities through the cloud - FedScoop
- 1.3M Clubhouse Users’ Data Dumped in Hacker Forum for Free - Threatpost
- Better GIAC Testing with Pancakes
- 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report
Books
- Books on Python: https://pythonbooks.revolunet.com/
- Mastering Regular Expressions, 3rd Edition by Jeffrey E. F. Friedl
- Practical Cloud Security by Chris Dotson
- In the Beginning...Was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson
Videos, Webcasts, and Podcasts:
- Not in Cyber Security? No Problem! Creative Ways to Gain Experience With No Experience - Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 3:30 PM EDT (2021-05-13 19:30:00 UTC) with Kevin Garvey
- How to Survive Your First Few Years in Infosec: Career Advice for Junior Cybersecurity Practitioners (and the Managers Who Lead Them) with Lesley Carhart, Andy Ellis, David J. Bianco, Katie Nickels, and Sara Pickering
- Getting Into Infosec: Nick Jeswald - Confessions of a Cybersecurity Recruiter (Part 1) on Apple Podcasts
- SANS Blueprint Podcast - a Podcast Hosted by John Hubbard
- Daily Information Security Podcast ("StormCast")
Free Tools, and Cheat Sheets:
- https://www.py4e.com/lessons - A site to learn python for free if you have zero python experience.
- NetCat
- SANS Penetration Testing | SANS Pen Test Cheat Sheet: PowerShell | SANS Institute
- Wireshark Cheat Sheet - Commands, Captures, Filters, Shortcuts
Recruiting and Resumes:
- Job Board on the Internet Storm Center
- Skilling the Gap: Creative Ways to Recruit Top Cyber Talent - SANS Institute
Communities:
- WiCyS - Resources for women in cyber.
- A Global Professional Women's Network | Ellevate - Ellevate Network is the leading network for professional women. Find a local Ellevate event near you.
- International Consortium of Minority Cybersecurity Professionals (ICMCP) - ICMCP's goal is to achieve consistent representation of women and minorities in cybersecurity through programs designed to foster recruitment, inclusion, and retention – one person at a time.
- Women’s Society of Cyberjustu (WSC) - The Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC), a 501(c)3 non-profit, is dedicated to raising awareness of cybersecurity career opportunities and advancement for women in the field, closing the gender gap and the overall workforce gap in information security roles.
Scholarships & Programs
- We Hack Purple - Diversity Scholarship
- Cisco Offers Military Veterans Free Cybersecurity Training - Cisco Blogs
- SANS Cyber Academy - Scholarships
Speaker Recommended Resources:
- Ryan Kovar - @meansec
- Joe Moles - @FlyingMoney127
- Using Atomic Red Team to test your security
- https://attack.mitre.org/
- A great one for learning detection and response
- Tameika Reed - @WomeninLinux
- Tanya Janca - @shehackspurple
- Delisha Hodo - @meticulous_d
- SANS.EDU - Undergraduate and Graduate Programs
- SANS Cyber Academy - Scholarships
- SANS+HBCU - Partnerships, Cyber Ranges, Academies, and more
- Timothy Brush - @TimothyBrush
- Tyrone Wilson - @tywilson21
- Home Lab Setup | Building an Effective Cybersecurity Learning Environment
- Ryan O’Horo - @redteamwrangler
- Rick Holland - @rickhholland
- Rajvi Khanjan Shroff - @rksmissionpossible
- Doug Bryant - @cybergent_101
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