{"id":251,"date":"2017-05-07T00:25:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-07T00:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/securityeverafter.com\/2017\/05\/07\/what-can-you-learn-on-your-own\/"},"modified":"2017-05-07T00:25:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-07T00:25:00","slug":"what-can-you-learn-on-your-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/securityeverafter.com\/what-can-you-learn-on-your-own\/","title":{"rendered":"What Can You Learn On Your Own?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , &quot;trebuchet&quot; , &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;\"><br class=\"Apple-interchange-newline\">I recently posted the&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/isc.sans.edu\/forums\/diary\/What+Can+You+Learn+On+Your+Own\/22386\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot;, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;\">below<\/a><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , &quot;trebuchet&quot; , &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;\">&nbsp;on the&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/isc.sans.edu\/\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot;, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;\">SANS Internet Storm Center<\/a><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , &quot;trebuchet&quot; , &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;\">.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , &quot;trebuchet&quot; , &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div>We are all privileged to&nbsp;work in the field of information security. We also&nbsp;carry the responsibility to&nbsp;keep current in our chosen&nbsp;profession.&nbsp;Regularly&nbsp;I hear from fellow colleagues who&nbsp;want to learn something, but do not have a training budget, feel powerless and sometimes give up. I would like to share several approaches that can be used to bridge this gap&nbsp;and will&nbsp;hopefully&nbsp;inspire a self-investment&nbsp;both&nbsp;this weekend and beyond. None of these ideas cost anything more than time.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>I decided to borrow an idea from an informal mentor, something I generally give them credit for, but not always. I decided to wake up early each&nbsp;morning with the intent&nbsp;to learn something new every day. Maybe the something is a new tool, a&nbsp;new linux distribution or taking an online&nbsp;class. Having done this now for the last 7 years, I can say without hesitation or regret that it has been pivotal in making me a better me.&nbsp;I am convinced that applying&nbsp;just a little bit of incremental effort will serve you well as well.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><u>Ideas to get you started:<\/u>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sans.org\/webcasts\/\">SANS Webcasts<\/a>&nbsp;and in particular their&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sans.org\/webcasts\/archive\/2017\">Archive link<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Serve as an informal&nbsp;mentor to a junior team member, while being&nbsp;open to&nbsp;learn from them&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Volunteer help out in a <a href=\"https:\/\/isc.sans.edu\/forums\/diary\/What+are+YOU+doing+to+give+back+to+the+security+community\/21387\/\">local information&nbsp;security group meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Read that book on your shelf that has a little more dust that you would like to admit<\/li>\n<li>Subscribe to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/irongeek\">Adrian Crenshaw\u2019s&nbsp;YouTube channel<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Be intentional by creating a weekly appointment with your team in order&nbsp;to learn something new over a brown bag lunch<\/li>\n<li>Foster an environment that facilitates a culture of learning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>After&nbsp;considering this topic for a long time, I want to ask&nbsp;this question &#8211;&nbsp;What are you doing to invest in yourself, particularly in ways that do not cost anything but your time? Please leave what works for you in the comments section below.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"overflow: auto; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;\">Russell Eubanks<\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: auto; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/isc.sans.edu\/handler_list.html\" style=\"color: #006699;\">ISC Handler<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: auto; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sans.org\/instructors\/russell-eubanks\">SANS Instructor<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot; , &quot;trebuchet&quot; , &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;\"><!--?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"no\"?--> <\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"overflow: auto; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/russelleubanks\" style=\"color: #006699;\"><span style=\"color: #006699;\">@<\/span><\/a><span style=\"background-image: url(file:\/\/\/Applications\/Evernote.app\/Contents\/Resources\/common-editor-mac\/mac.html); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #006699;\"><span style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(&quot;waveline.gif&quot;); background-origin: initial; background-position: 52% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; padding-bottom: 0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/russelleubanks\" style=\"color: #006699;\">russelleubanks<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently posted the&nbsp;below&nbsp;on the&nbsp;SANS Internet Storm Center. 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