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Hi, my name is Baz. I’m about two-thirds of the way to earning my associate’s degree in cybersecurity, and I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do with my second career. You see, I’m retired military, having served in the active Army for 20 years. After I retired, I decided to take advantage of my Post-9/11 GI Bill (mostly for the financial support) and chose an IT major that caught my interest.

Over the past year and a half, I’ve fallen in love with cybersecurity. What started as a class requirement has quickly become both a prospective career path and a deep-seated hobby. I’ve joined my college’s Cyber Security Club, where I’m a sitting member of the eBoard, and we’re gearing up to compete in the National Cyber League (NCL) as a team. Even with all this hands-on experience, I’m realizing just how much there is to learn.

Originally, I thought about creating an online repository of useful tools and resources I find along the way. However, the more I considered it, the more I realized that a blog would allow me to document my entire journey in this incredible field. So, here we are — welcome to BazSec: One byte at a time!

This blog will be my adventure log, where I’ll share useful tools, websites, and resources as I find them. I’ll document the strategies that work well for me, along with the inevitable stumbles. My hope is that by charting my path from college to the cybersecurity workspace, this blog can serve as a blueprint for others to follow.

Thanks for joining me on this journey; it’s going to be a wild ride!

Keep it secret, keep it safe.