About...
...Me
The author of this website is a professional with over 2 decades of experience in Information Systems, having specialized in the areas of technical support, implementation, architecture, security, compliance and program management. Currently employed by IBM as a Software Architect managing a team of Cloud Security and CI/CD engineers, while also maintaining a CISSP® certification.
Current skills and technical hobbies include:
Linux® - Most Distributions: Red Hat® Linux since 3.0.3 (1996) and variants (CentOS/Fedora®), Gentoo™ since 1.4 (2003), Debian® since 3.1 (2005), Ubuntu® since 6.06 (2006)
BSD® - FreeBSD® since version 3 (1998), FreeNAS®, m0n0wall® and pfSense®
UNIX® - Sun/Oracle Solaris® since version 2.6 or SunOS™ 5.6 (1997)
Apple® - Mac OS X® all workstation versions since since 10.4 (2005)
Microsoft Windows® - all workstation versions since Windows® 3.0 (1990), all server versions since Windows NT® 4.0 (1996)
Virtualization - VMware® since Workstation™ 3.0 (1999), VirtualBox®, Proxmox, QEMU, OpenVZ, KVM, Public and Private Cloud Computing
Data Network - CAT3/CAT5/CAT6, T1, LAN, WAN, WLAN (802.11 Wi-Fi), RAS, VPN, Routers, Switches, Firewalls, Proxies, Cisco®, SonicWALL®
Voice Network - ISDN BRI/PRI, POTS/PSTN, SIP/RTP VoIP, Asterisk®/IAX2, Avaya/Lucent® Definity ProLogix™ PBX and Intuity™ Audix® Voicemail
Information Security - Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Vulnerability and Risk Management, Firewall Management, Security Event Management, Emergency Response, Incident Handling, Penetration Testing, Physical and Logical Access, Ethical Hacking, Data Encryption, Virtualization Security, Forensic Analysis, Data Loss Prevention, Awareness Training, Secure Architecture
Certifications
2008-Apr-08
[SY0-101] Security+ Exam (2000)
2008-Apr-08
[XK0-002] Linux+ Exam (2004)
2009-Mar-26
[XK0-003] Linux+ Exam (2009)
2011-Mar-03
Member ID: 388685
...This Server
This website is powered by NGINX and Docker running on Ubuntu Linux.
The server hosting this website was built, customized, and configured by the author. In addition to hosting websites, this server is also configured as a production DNS and email server - complete with virus and spam filtering.
Real-time server performance statistics.
...The Internet
 | The Internet Traffic Report monitors the flow of data around the world. It then displays a value between zero and 100. Higher values indicate faster and more reliable connections. |  | ||
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View Graphs or Click a Continent to view more detailed information.
Real-time latency statistics for major ISP back-bones Internet Health Report kindly hosted by KEYNOTE
...The Weather
