by Douglas | Dec 27, 2025 | Doug Was Built Not Born, What Doug reads and listens to
Have you ever wanted to dive into a new discipline but weren’t sure where to start? I use a specific workflow to accelerate my learning, and I recently put it to the test this past summer. My goal was to add CMMC (Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification) to...
by Douglas | Dec 22, 2025 | Doug Was Built Not Born, Thoughts
II was a horrible student K-12. I wasn’t good in my first couple technical schools in the navy either. But I earned the following professional certifications: CCNA, Sec+, Net+, PMP, CFCM, CISSP, CISM, CISA, ITIL, PSM, CEH, and most recently CMMC CCP & CCA. I...
by Douglas | Dec 20, 2025 | Cybersecurity Best Practices, Doug Was Built Not Born
I was asked this question during an interview this summer “What was my favorite operating system?” Windows: Well, not my favorite, but I use it like almost everyone and everything for administration functions at work on government agencies. I mentioned I...
by Douglas | Dec 15, 2025 | Thoughts
I recently debated upgrading my MacBook from Sequoia to Tahoe. Like many IT professionals, my standard operating procedure is to wait out the initial release (26.0) and hold off until the first major patch (26.1) ensures stability. When I looked for community...
by Douglas | Dec 6, 2025 | Cybersecurity Best Practices
It’s totally amazing. I needed to forward a somewhat sensitive document electroncially the other day. It’s amazing we, as a culture, still think faxing is secure. Well, I could say, all things equal, faxing “may” be more secure than email....
