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I doubt people are wondering…

I doubt it, but in case people are wondering why I’ve move to more of a book review format… My class load is taking up a lot of my free time. In fact I should be working on my Art project for EMU Gen-Ed Right now (well now when I’m writing this, not when you read this).

Doing homework is more or less preventing me from doing a lot of the things I would rather be doing. Granted I have a nice stack of books that tie in to Information and Cyber Security to read as well. However, while my Digital Forensics class occasionally brings up interesting things to talk about, the majority of my time is spent in Psych 101 and Psych 103 (Lab). This week has been tied up with a 1 week accelerated class, but it hasn’t left time for me to do other things. It’s not as easy as the Counter Terrorism class was last year. Ok, yes my Saturday’s are tied up with an interesting OSINT project, but I can’t talk about that yet.

Anyway, back to the point of this post. I know it seems like my content has gone from a really cool OSINT post (which I have at least 2 follow ups to), to mostly book reviews, but I’m trying to kill 2 birds with one stone here.

I do have some topics from other books I’ve been reading (I’m usually reading more than one non-school books at a time), the project above, some followup OSINT posts, a paper from last year to finish water marking and sharing on here, and a few other things. But those have to wait until I have some free time. Now… where did I put those crayons for intro to art?

Welcome to my new blog

I’ve wanted to create this blog for a while, but never seemed to find the time to set it up the way I wanted it. If you’ve seen me around you know that I had chrisrattis.blogspot.org, and I have www.ratsandrogues.com. The first one was ok, but I wanted more control over the site. The second one is for the Podcast I started with Infosec Rogue, and had MWJComputing join recently.

About Me:

I work full time, currently doing Network security audits for application design, designed a point of presence for working with business partners, firewall rule design, and maintaining a web based terminal emulator.

I started my Cybersecurity / Information Security / IT career in doing physical work, changing locks, running cables, building POPs and Data Centers, and then moved in to Network Operation Centers, and System Administration.

I’ve worked in Networking Service, Telecommunication, Automotive, Publishing, and Infrastructure as a Service.

I’m a senior at Eastern Michigan working on my degree in Applied Information Assurance. My classes have included Intelligence Analysis, Cyber Crime Investigations, Cyber Law, Digital Forensics, and Foreign and Domestic Terrorism and Information Warfare

I run the Ann Arbor chapter of TOOOL

I hold the following licences, certifications, certificates and degrees:

  • Associate of Applied Science, Computer Information Systems
  • Associate in General Studies focus on Anthropology
  • Security+
  • Offensive Security Wireless Professional
  • New Mexico Tech Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center – Incident Response to Terrorist Bombings program – Awareness Level
  • Eastern Michigan University Center for Regional and National Security – Incident Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • Technician class Amateur Licenses

I also podcast, teach lock picking, and speak at conferences.