Ron Taylor has been in the Information Security field for over 20 years working in various areas focusing on both offence and defensive security roles. Ten of those years were spent in consulting. In 2008, he joined the Cisco Global Certification Team as an SME in Information Assurance. In 2012, he moved into a position with the Security Research & Operations group, where his focus was mostly on penetration testing of Cisco products and services. He was also involved in developing and presenting security training to internal development and test teams globally. Additionally, he provided consulting support to many product teams as an SME on product security testing. He then spent some time as an Incident Manager for the Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT). His current role is a Security Architect specializing in Cisco’s security product line. He has held a number of industry certifications including GPEN, GWEB, GCIA, GCIH, GWAPT, RHCE, CCSP, CCNA, CISSP, Pentest+ and MCSE. Ron has also authored books and video courses, teaches, and is involved in organizing a number of cybersecurity conferences including the Bsides Raleigh, Texas Cyber Summit, Grayhat and the Red Team Village at DEFCON.
The Art of Hacking is a series of video courses that is a complete guide to help you get up and running with your cybersecurity career. You will learn the key tenets and the fundamentals of ethical hacking and security penetration testing techniques. The videos in this series will provide step-by-step real-life scenarios, full demos and content deep dives. You will see firsthand how an ethical hacker performs initial reconnaissance of a victim and assess systems and network security controls security posture.
CompTIA Pentest+ Cert Guide is a best-of-breed exam study guide. Best-selling author Omar Santos and leading IT security expert Ron Taylor share preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills. Material is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing your understanding and retention of exam topics.
CompTIA Security+ SY0-601 Cert Guide focuses specifically on the objectives for the CompTIA Security+ SY0-601 exam. Leading security experts Omar Santos, Ron Taylor, and Joseph Mlodzianowski share preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills. Material is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing your understanding and retention of exam topics.
More than 12 hours of video instruction and remediation organized to prepare users to take the CCNP Security Core SCOR 350-701 exam and prepare for their CCIE Security studies.
Through detailed exploration, configuration demos, and troubleshooting implementations, this course methodically guides you through the topics of general security concepts; network security; cloud security; content security; endpoint protection and detection; and network access, visibility, and enforcement. Not coincidentally, these are the six main domains outlined in the SCOR 350-701 exam blueprint.