All Episodes
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Episode 1 — GSEC at a Glance: What the Cert Proves
This opening episode sets the foundation for the entire series by introducing what the GSEC certification truly represents. Listeners will learn how this globally resp...
Episode 2 — Registration, Exam Logistics, and Scoring
Before diving into study materials, it helps to understand how the GSEC exam process works from start to finish. This episode walks through everything from registratio...
Episode 3 — Study Blueprint and Resource Strategy
Every great exam performance starts with a plan, and this episode lays out exactly how to build one. Listeners will learn how to translate the GSEC objectives into a s...
Episode 4 — Test-Taking Tactics and Time Management
Knowing the material is only half the battle; the other half is mastering how to take the test. This episode focuses on building calm, deliberate habits that improve p...
Episode 5 — Building Your Personal Learning Plan
Everyone studies differently, and this episode helps listeners create a plan that actually works for them. It covers how to set realistic goals, map out study sessions...
Episode 6 — Mindset, Note-Taking, and Memory Techniques
This episode helps you build a study mindset that sustains momentum rather than relying on last-minute cramming. You’ll hear how to set intention for each session, red...
Episode 7 — Security Mindset & Defense in Depth
This episode frames the series’ technical content with a practitioner’s mindset: assume failure is possible, design so it’s contained, and verify outcomes continuously...
Episode 8 — Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Exposure Basics
Here we untangle three terms that often get blended in conversation and on exams. The episode defines a threat as an agent or event with intent or capability to cause ...
Episode 9 — Risk, Likelihood, and Impact in Practice
This episode translates risk math into plain language you can apply under time pressure. We clarify how likelihood describes the chance a scenario materializes within ...
Episode 10 — Security Policies: Purpose, Scope, Ownership
Policies often read like paperwork, but this episode shows how they operate as enforceable promises that align behavior, budgets, and controls. We break down the purpo...
Episode 11 — Security Standards, Baselines, and Procedures
This episode explains how security standards and baselines transform policy intent into measurable, repeatable action. You’ll learn how standards define the “what” and...
Episode 12 — Security Awareness: Human Risk Controls
Technology alone can’t stop breaches if people remain untrained, and this episode focuses on the human side of defense. You’ll hear how awareness programs translate po...
Episode 13 — Networking & Protocols I: OSI and TCP/IP
Every cybersecurity role depends on understanding how data moves, and this episode makes the OSI and TCP/IP models come alive. You’ll hear how each layer—from physical...
Episode 14 — Networking & Protocols II: Addressing and Subnets
Understanding IP addressing and subnetting isn’t just a math exercise—it’s a gateway to real security visibility. This episode explains how IP addressing organizes net...
Episode 15 — Networking & Protocols III: Ports, Services, Bannering
This episode dives into one of the most practical areas of network understanding: ports, services, and banners. Listeners learn how ports define the rendezvous points ...
Episode 16 — Network Segmentation: VLANs, Zones, and Trust
Segmentation is one of the simplest yet most powerful ways to contain risk, and this episode explores how it works in practice. You’ll learn how Virtual Local Area Net...
Episode 17 — Secure Routing and Switching Fundamentals
Routing and switching form the circulatory system of any network, and understanding them is key to securing data in transit. This episode explains how routers move pac...
Episode 18 — DNS, DHCP, NAT: Security Implications
Core network services often go overlooked, yet they represent some of the most targeted and misunderstood layers of modern infrastructure. This episode unpacks the rol...
Episode 19 — Network Monitoring: NetFlow, SPAN, and Taps
Seeing what’s happening on the wire is essential for both prevention and response, and this episode covers the methods that make that visibility possible. You’ll learn...
Episode 20 — Wireless Basics: 802.11, WPA2/3, and EAP
Wireless networking brings convenience and complexity in equal measure. This episode introduces the fundamentals of 802.11 standards, explaining how access points and ...