Security Confidential

S9 E2 From Bagging Groceries to Teaching Cyber


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Kenneth is a Senior Cyber Security Consultant at EY where he specializes in SIEM and SOAR technologies. He is also the Founder and owner of Ellington Cyber Academy, an E-Learning platform that teaches and trains people on how to use various SIEM and SOAR technologies so that they can transition or upskill themselves in their careers. On top of all that, Kenneth is also a part-time Associate cybersecurity instructor at the University of Houston and a Cybersecurity trainer at Blacks In Cybersecurity.   


00:00 Introduction 

03:08 The Chicken Tender Sub 

04:13 How important are ingredients? 

05:24 Passion for educating others 

06:30 Leaving an impression with teaching 

07:40 Being a good student 

09:34 Tips you won’t get in College 

11:06 Explaining in business terms 

12:38 Why Cybersecurity? 

14:35 An opportunity at Publix 

15:30 Cyber Bootcamp 

18:55 Why choose an analyst role? 

20:45 SIEM vs Log Management System 

23:10 What do you need for a good SIEM platform? 

27:07 What is the role of SOAR 

29:19 Ai and Analyst fatigue  

32:25 No human elements 

36:17 Common mistakes when implementing a SIEM 

37:38 Can you ever be done tuning a SIEM 

39:25 The Ellington Cyber Academy 

41:00 How does ECA compare? 

45:00 ECA’s goals in the future 

48:02 News for Kenneth 

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To learn more about Kenneth visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenneth-ellington/  

 The Ellington Cyber Academy:  https://kenneth-ellington-s-school.teachable.com/ 

To learn more about Dark Rhino Security visit https://www.darkrhinosecurity.com

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