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2026-04-01 7 min read

Starting a Cybersecurity Career After High School

A practical path into cybersecurity after high school using the NIST NICE framework, foundational skills, GRC awareness, and the growing role of AI.

Cybersecurity NIST NICE Career GRC AI
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2026-02-28 8 min read

Securing a Public Website in AWS Using a Layered Defense Model

A practical, layered approach to securing an AWS-hosted public website using CloudFront, AWS WAF managed rules, logging, monitoring, and alerting.

AWS Cloud Security CloudFront WAF CloudWatch SNS
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2026-02-25 6 min read

Pacu for AWS IAM Enumeration (Hands-On Practice in Cybr Lab + Hack Smarter Labs)

Hands-on AWS IAM enumeration using Pacu: users, roles, trust policies, and what partial visibility teaches you about real security.

AWS Cloud Security IAM Pacu Enumeration
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