I passed the eCTHP exam on 11/22/2025. I am writing about my experience with the course and the exam because I have not seen many posts referencing this certification exam. The Course: Threat Hunting Professional (New!) The course’s instructor is Brian Olliff. It is divided into 6 domains: Introduction to Threat Hunting, Intelligence in Threat …
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My Journey to TryHackMe’s Security Analyst Level 1 (SAL1) Certification
From Creepy Teaser to Certified SAL1: On February 20, 2025, TryHackMe posted the below image on their “announcements” channel on Discord. When I saw it, I thought it was creepy because Halloween was almost four months over. The silhouette looked like a tombstone. I thought it was probably a new event, like the King of …
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SANS FOR500 (GCFE) vs 13Cubed Investigating Windows Endpoints
I am writing this comparison between the FOR500 (GCFE) and 13Cubed Investigating Windows Endpoints based on my experience studying both the study materials and taking their respective certification exams. I sat and passed the GCFE on 8/6/2024: I got certified in Investigating Windows Endpoints on 8/16/2024: First, I want to give a shout-out to Health …
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What You Need to Know If You Are Thinking of Taking the SANS SEC504: Hacker Tools, Technique, and Incident Handling and the GIAC Certified Incident Handler Certification Exam
Who is the SEC504 course for? The content of the course can be considered for beginners in the Cybersecurity field- if and only if you have basic experience with Linux CLI and Windows CMD or PowerShell. I will cite an example later on. But if you have not done any Linux commands such as cd, …
Why I Think Security Blue Team’s BTL1 Certification is the Gold Standard for SOC Analysts
The good stuff first I woke up at 4:30 AM to take a leak, and just had a feeling to check my email quick before jumping back to bed. And then I saw the best email I could ever wish for from Security Blue Team: Needless to say, I was not able to go back …
Why Do I Keep On Studying For Degrees And Certifications? (My zero to hero in cyber security)
Originally posted on 4/24/2020, but decided to add this here on my blog. Today (10/27/2020) was supposed to be the day I would finally put the cap on, walk, and formally be awarded with the Master of Science degree in Cyber Security and Information Assurance from Southern Utah University unfortunately due to the COVID-19, the …
PASSED! EC-Council’s Certified Ethical Hacker (Practical)
What is EC-Council’s CEH Practical? It is a 6 hours practical exam built to exacting specifications by subject matter experts in the Ethical Hacking field. Professionals that possess the CEH credential are able to sit for the exam that will test their limits in unearthing vulnerabilities across major operating systems, databases, and networks. To those …
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