Learning cybersecurity & networking

About

This is my personal learning log for cybersecurity and networking — a place to keep notes and track what I pick up as I build skills in both.

On the security side, my interests are mostly blue-team: threat detection, log analysis, incident response fundamentals, and playing CTFs on KC7 and TryHackMe. On the networking side, I’m working through the fundamentals. I’ve also done hands-on SIEM work with Splunk and earned the Splunk Core Certified Power User and Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin certs.

Certifications

Certifications I’ve picked up (or am working through) along the way:

Certification Issuer Status
Certified in Cybersecurity (CC) ISC2 ✅ Completed
Splunk Core Certified Power User (SPLK-1002) Splunk ✅ Completed
Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin (SPLK-1003) Splunk ✅ Completed
CompTIA Security+ CompTIA 🔄 In Progress
Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect (SPLK-2002) Splunk 🎯 Planned
CompTIA CySA+ CompTIA 🎯 Planned

Skills

A rough map of what I’m comfortable with versus what I’m still exploring.

Skill Area Comfortable with Learning next
Security Fundamentals CIA triad · Risk management concepts · Access controls —
Network Security Network security fundamentals Advanced network defense · Wireshark · Nmap
Incident Response BC/DR concepts · IR fundamentals Incident handling procedures · Forensics basics
SIEM & Detection Splunk (search, dashboards, alerting) · SPL queries · Log analysis Detection engineering · Threat hunting
Vulnerability Management — Scanning · Assessment · Remediation workflows
Frameworks NIST CSF · MITRE ATT&CK · OWASP Top 10 (working knowledge) Deeper application & mapping
Tooling & Languages Python · Bash · Splunk Wireshark · Nmap
Hands-On Practice KC7 · TryHackMe · Home lab KC7 · TryHackMe · Home lab

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