Goals

Goals

Here, I want to share my professional goals. For the sake of making myself feel better about how far I am from achieving some of them, I’ve also included some that I feel are worth mentioning that I’ve already accomplished.

School Path

  • Google IT Support Certification
  • Enroll in college
  • CompTIA A+ Certification
  • CompTIA Network+ Certification
  • CompTIA Security+ Certification
  • ITIL Foundations Certificiation
  • LPI Linux Foundations Certification
  • (ISC)^2 SSCP Certification
  • CompTIA Project+ Certfication
  • CompTIA CySA+
  • CompTIA PenTest+
  • Graduate with Bachelor’s degree

Additional Certifications I’m interested in

In order of interest

We’ll see how this changes as my job hunt progresses.

  • Microsoft Azure Foundations Certification
  • HTB Certified Defensive Security Analyst
  • Splunk Core User Certification
  • HTB Certified Penetration Testing Specialist
  • HTB Certified Web Exploitation Expert
  • CompTIA Cloud+?
  • Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • AWS Certified AI Practitioner
  • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
  • AWS Certified Security

Eventual Certification:

  • (ISC)^2 CISSP

Hack The Box Labs:

I’m particularly curious about this Lab, since I’ve spent so much time around OT equipment and am very interested in learning about ICS/OT security:

  • Alchemy

HTB Labs Ranks:

  • Noob
  • Script Kiddie
  • Hacker
  • Pro Hacker
  • Elite Hacker
  • Guru
  • Omniscient

Hack The Box Seasons:

  • Get on HTB Seasonal Leaderboard
  • Bronze
  • Silver
  • Ruby
  • Platinum
  • Holo

I’m not so keen on red-teaming that I want to be touted as the guy and place in the top 10, but I’ll be incredibly happy to be able to get all flags in a season.

Projects

  • Start a blog!
  • Daily drive Linux
  • Create a tool to detect persistence
  • My First Malware Analysis ?!