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Welcome back to The Techtual Talk! In this episode we discuss Anime, Bad tiktok cybersecurity advice, Damien's interest in tech, why Damien chose to get  into cybersecurity vs being a video game developer, devops vs devsecops and much more.

Damien Burks (he/him) is currently a Cloud Security Engineer - VP at Citi . In the past he worked as a Security Software Engineer at Verizon as a supporting developer for the CSO 50 award-winning in-house DLP solution. Over the past three years of his career, he has earned four AWS certifications with the AWS Security Specialty as the most recent. In addition, he is pursuing a Master’s of Science in Cybersecurity Technology from UMGC. Outside of his career and education obligations, he is an avid writer/blogger, open-source contributor, and mentor to BIPOC LGBTQ+ tech professionals who wish to break into the tech industry. To decompress, Damien likes to play video games, modify his car, and attend local car meets within the DFW area.

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Welcome back to The Techtual Talk podcast! Today we will be discussing former UBER CSO Joe Sullivan was convicted of obstruction of proceedings of the Federal Trade Commission and misprision of felony in connection with the cover-up of Uber's 2016 data breach. Facebook executives are in the process of executing “quiet layoffs” of underperforming workers that could lead to thousands of employees getting pink slips, according to a report.
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In this special episode of The Techtual Talk
In this Patreon exclusive episode we are joined by Eric Thomas aka BlueTeam Thomas and my guy Antoine Matthews.
We discuss PCI & HITRUST, making detections for OT Security,  Getting into OT Security, and the ramifications that follow roe v wade being overturned. #cybersecurity #roevwade #dataprivacy

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00:10:00 What is PCI
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Welcome Back to  The TechTual Talk Podcast! In this episode I will be discussing bad tiktok cybersecurity advice, uber being hacked, why security awareness is important, and  some interview tips I've picked up along the way

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In episode 56 of The TechTual Talk Podcast, we are joined by JK Swopes! He is an IAM engineer. In this episode, we discuss his journey in tech, his time leaving tech, what made him pursue IAM and why IAM is so important. If you enjoyed this episode, please share this out with your friends and leave a review to help us out for the algorithms.

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Whats going on everybody!! This is episode 55 of The Techtual Talk.  This is a different episode from the typical ones I do. I start off this episode reacting to a Quiet Quitting video from CNBC, then we dive into Patreon, firing their security staff, Microsoft's 6 figure cybersecurity fast track program, a Los Angeles school district, was hit with ransomware.

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PATREON FIRES ENTIRE SECURITY TEAM
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https://fortune.com/education/business/articles/2022/09/08/microsoft-builds-fast-track-to-six-figure-cybersecurity-jobs-at-more-than-180-colleges/

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Welcome back to another episode of The TechTual Talk!  This is episode 54 and I discuss my first SOC analyst role, me being laid off from that role, doing grad school during a layoff, how long it took to land a new role, and the best SOC role I've had to date!

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Welcome back to The Techtual Talk podcast, its episode 53 of my solo series where I talk about my college experience.  I discuss at a high level what I took out from my undergraduate experience as it pertains to my CIS degree and then I talk about why I prefer my Grad School experience much more than my undergraduate experience.

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In episode 52 of The TechTual Talk podcast, I pick up where I left off in last week's episode. In this episode, I cover my NOC experience, enrolling in Grad School, how I got my SOC role, and how 75k changed my life.

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What's up everyone, this is episode 51 of The TechTual Talk Podcast.  I felt like i needed to give you all some more solo content, so you can really understand who I am to build that deeper connection with all of you. In this episode I tell you all what lead to me leaving the helpdesk, why I wanted to move to Dallas, and what the NOC was like for me.

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