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A collection of 8 posts

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Starting a job in a hybrid working environment

In 2022 I changed jobs and started working for a company that only opened the office three days a week. Here I reflect on that process after over a year.

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Why I changed jobs

I changed jobs in June 2022, and this post describes why.

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Changing working practices

Reflecting on some of the things I do while working, and how these have changed over my career so far.

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Ten months in to being the SISO

Reflections on ten (ish) months into my post as Senior Information Security Officer.

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Be broad but specialise

You need to know more than just your area in order to be effective.

CISSP and (ISC)² membership (over) a year on

Back in September 2020 I took the training course and exam to become a CISSP - a Certified Information System Security Professional (you can read my blog post about the experience here [https://blog.jonsdocs.org.uk/2020/10/11/my-cissp-experience/]). Since then I've received regular news and updates from

How I became a developer

How I became a developer

My journey into programming.

My journey (so far) to a cyber security career

My journey (so far) to a cyber security career

How I got into cybersecurity - the story so far.