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Send us a Text Message. Whats going on everyone! In this special livestream I show you how to get into cybersecurity without experience. Here is the link to the presentation I am reading: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Y0cL2rVN1xt7gnv_5Bsd_CLr7NuoMj7JN_OpFslVKVY/edit?usp=sharing To watch the video version click here: https://youtu.be/InvAbhP4Nko If you're ready to get a career in Tech sal...

Send us a Text Message. Welcome back to another episode of The TechTual Talk! Today we have a special gues in Marcus Bowie. We will discuss his career, security operations, incident response, recent cybersecurity news, and much more If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a comment below. #SOCAnalyst #incidentresponse #DFIR Founder and COO of MaxProd Technologies. Marcus has 12+ years of experie...

Send us a Text Message. Welcome to another episode of The TechTual Talk! In this episode Billye joins us to discuss her early career, why cybersecurity is a flexible career choice for women, her interesting in cybersecurity, and much more Billye worked in the mailroom at a networking company.  She moved around in the company and decided that she wanted to do networking. They allowed her on-the-job...

Send us a Text Message. Welcome back to another episode of The TechTual Talk.  This episode will focus on the truth about IT helpdesk and its correlation with cybersecurity. Nigel joins the show today to talk about his early career, transitioning from helpdesk to Cyber Threat Intelligence/vulnerability management in 10 months,  A Day in the Life of a cyber threat intelligence analyst, salary expec...

Send us a Text Message. Welcome Back to The TechTual Talk Podcast! Joining us today is the lovely Breenae Washington , she is a Cybersecurity  Product Manager , an author, and an influencer! She mixes in our culture while also letting black women know they belong in this space. We will discuss Breenae's childhood, college experience, early career, and pivoting into cybersecurity! If you enjoyed th...

Send us a Text Message. In this video I will recap my 1st Afrotech Experience. This past week Afrotech held its 1st in person conference since the pandemic! It is the biggest black professional conference in the country. This year the conference was held in Austin,TX at the Convention Center in Downtown Austin. I met alot of supporters , friends, and new people in my network at Afrotech this week....

Send us a Text Message. In episode 62 of The Techtual Talk, I discuss the surge in popularity in cybersecurity over the last 2 years, why I think there aren't as many entry-level cybersecurity jobs as the data suggest, and how to distinguish between entry-level and midlevel roles. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review :) Article Sources: https://fortune.com/education/business/articles...

Send us a Text Message. Welcome to episode 61! of The TechTual Talk Podcast Today Courtney walker is joining the show, currently a product manager at home depot. We talk about the differences between program, project,and product manager, how essential communication skills are for product management, and why product management is important. Courtney Walker lives in DC and is a Product Manager at Ho...

Send us a Text Message. Welcome back to The Techtual Talk! In this episode we discuss Anime, Bad tiktok cybersecurity advice, Damien's interest in tech, why Damien chose to get  into cybersecurity vs being a video game developer, devops vs devsecops and much more. Damien Burks (he/him) is currently a Cloud Security Engineer - VP at Citi . In the past he worked as a Security Software Engineer at Ve...

Send us a Text Message. Welcome back to The Techtual Talk podcast! Today we will be discussing former UBER CSO Joe Sullivan was convicted of obstruction of proceedings of the Federal Trade Commission and misprision of felony in connection with the cover-up of Uber's 2016 data breach. Facebook executives are in the process of executing “quiet layoffs” of underperforming workers that could lead to t...

Send us a Text Message. In this special episode of The Techtual Talk In this Patreon exclusive episode we are joined by Eric Thomas aka BlueTeam Thomas and my guy Antoine Matthews. We discuss PCI & HITRUST, making detections for OT Security,  Getting into OT Security, and the ramifications that follow roe v wade being overturned. #cybersecurity #roevwade #dataprivacy 00:00:00 Intro 00:10:00 Wh...

Send us a Text Message. Welcome Back to  The TechTual Talk Podcast! In this episode I will be discussing bad tiktok cybersecurity advice, uber being hacked, why security awareness is important, and  some interview tips I've picked up along the way Check out my Advance your Cybersecurity course on LinkedIn Learning for FREE Click here: https://linkedin-learning.pxf.io/mgP3x1 Source links:  SOC Anal...

Send us a Text Message. In episode 56 of The TechTual Talk Podcast, we are joined by JK Swopes! He is an IAM engineer. In this episode, we discuss his journey in tech, his time leaving tech, what made him pursue IAM and why IAM is so important. If you enjoyed this episode, please share this out with your friends and leave a review to help us out for the algorithms. Check out my Advance your Cybers...

Send us a Text Message. Whats going on everybody!! This is episode 55 of The Techtual Talk.  This is a different episode from the typical ones I do. I start off this episode reacting to a Quiet Quitting video from CNBC, then we dive into Patreon, firing their security staff, Microsoft's 6 figure cybersecurity fast track program, a Los Angeles school district, was hit with ransomware. If you enjoye...

Send us a Text Message. Welcome back to another episode of The TechTual Talk!  This is episode 54 and I discuss my first SOC analyst role, me being laid off from that role, doing grad school during a layoff, how long it took to land a new role, and the best SOC role I've had to date! If you enjoyed this podcast episode, please leave a review to help us out in the rankings! Check out my Advance you...

Send us a Text Message. Welcome back to The Techtual Talk podcast, its episode 53 of my solo series where I talk about my college experience.  I discuss at a high level what I took out from my undergraduate experience as it pertains to my CIS degree and then I talk about why I prefer my Grad School experience much more than my undergraduate experience. Check out my Advance your Cybersecurity cours...

Send us a Text Message. In episode 52 of The TechTual Talk podcast, I pick up where I left off in last week's episode. In this episode, I cover my NOC experience, enrolling in Grad School, how I got my SOC role, and how 75k changed my life. Check out my Advance your Cybersecurity course on LinkedIn Learning for FREE Click here: https://linkedin-learning.pxf.io/mgP3x1 Join the patreon: https://patr...

Send us a Text Message. What's up everyone, this is episode 51 of The TechTual Talk Podcast.  I felt like i needed to give you all some more solo content, so you can really understand who I am to build that deeper connection with all of you. In this episode I tell you all what lead to me leaving the helpdesk, why I wanted to move to Dallas, and what the NOC was like for me. Check out my Advance yo...

Send us a Text Message. This is episode 50 of The TechTual Talk podcast. Joining us today is Miss Ciera aka the Pentest Princesss. We talk about her initially wanting to be a nurse during the pandemic, her pivoting in cybersecurity, her helpdesk experience, and her current SOC experience. 0:00 Intro 10:21 Doing IT Helpdesk during the Pandemic 19:42 Ciera Had a strategy to get into cybersecurity 32...

Send us a Text Message. In this episode of The TechTual Talk, Mckenna stops by the show to rock out with us! We discuss alot of things like playing Xbox, her being sys admin, building up a SOC, mentorship, and much moreeeee. Mckenna is a  Corporate Security Engineer specializing in Endpoint Security in the fintech industry. Outside of her day job, she is a leadership volunteer with WSC where she h...

Send us a Text Message. In this episode of The Techtual Talk We are joined by Rose and The Soc Coach This conversation hits on some important topics and also some funny ones as well.  Tune in if you want to hear from 3 cybersecurity professionals Join the patreon: https://patreon.com/techtualchatter Check out the youtube channel: https://youtube.com/techtualchatter Grab my ebook: https://techtualc...

Send us a Text Message. In this episode of The TechTual Talk, we are joined by the one and only KevTech Do you know some of the most technical people you know got their tech career start in helpdesk Many people knock on helpdesk because they believe its "entry-level" or "beneath" them but I'm here to tell you that its a vital part of every company's infrastructure whether they have an internal hel...

Send us a Text Message. Here is a solo  surprise episode of The Techtual Talk featuring only myself. In this episode I talk about the beginning of my IT journey and how what you see now is not how I began Join the patreon: https://patreon.com/techtualchatter Check out the youtube channel: https://youtube.com/techtualchatter Grab my ebook: https://techtualconsulting.com/digitalproducts Check out my...

Send us a Text Message. Check out episode 46 of The TechTual Talk with Tameika Reed of Women in Linux, she's been in tech for 22 years and has a lot of knowledge on many things. We talk about Linux, her background, money, and here wanting to buy a data center! https://www.womeninlinux.org/ Join the patreon: https://patreon.com/techtualchatter Check out the youtube channel: https://youtube.com/tech...

Send us a Text Message. Welcome Back ! TechTual Crew In this episode of The TechTual Talk, we have a treat for you all! None other than Mr Xavier Johnson joins us, he talks about hacking a MacBook pro, top 5 Detroit rappers, his software company,his current company "We Help You Secure", and More. If you enjoyed this episode please leave us a review and share this out to your friends & family....