This week on Cyber Frontiers Christian Johnson and Ashton Webster, hosted by Jim Collison, explain the importance of finding productive communities to learn and hone in your cybersecurity skills.  They also discuss the many available online and offline resources from which to gain additional insight about the current state of the art in digital security. Cyber Frontiers is all about Exploring Cyber security, Big Data, and the Technologies Shaping the Future Through an Academic Perspective!   Christian Johnson, a student at the University of Maryland will bring fresh and relevant topics to the show based on the current work he does. Support the Average Guy Tech Scholarship Fund: http://theAverageGuy.tv/amazon WANT TO SUBSCRIBE? We now have Video Large / Small and Video iTunes options at http://theAverageGuy.tv/subscribe You can contact us via email at jim@theaverageguy.tv or call in your questions or comments to be played on the show at (402) 478-8450 Listen Mobile: MDC3 – Maryland Cyber Challenge The Maryland Cyber Challenge (MDC3) is a statewide cyber competition and conference designed to attract more students and young professionals to pursue careers in cybersecurity. The Maryland Cyber Challenge will strengthen Maryland’s position as a cybersecurity leader by bringing teams of current and prospective cybersecurity professionals together to develop the skills and techniques needed to protect vital information systems. Common Types of Network Attacks http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc959354.aspx CYBER ACES – SANS Institute http://www.cyberaces.org/courses/ MEET-UPS http://www.meetup.com/Capital-Area-Cyber-Security/events/206833242/ The 10,000 hour rule Malcom Gladwell, Outliers, summary here: http://www.wisdomgroup.com/blog/10000-hours-of-practice/ https://media.defcon.org/ Arguably one of the best ways to learn from the greats https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2022/DEF%20CON%2022%20presentations/Bulygin,%20Bazhaniul,%20Furtak,%20and%20Loucaides%20-%20Updated/DEFCON-22-Bulygin-Bazhaniul-Furtak-Loucaides-Summary-of-attacks-against-BIOS-UPDATED.pdf MOOCS Initiative funded by […]