Self Assessment

Week 1

  1. What did you like / or find easy?
  2. What did you find difficult? At what point did it get too difficult for now?
  3. Then check the list of learning subjects for the basic knowledge assignment and possibilities and requirements for the project.
    • What subjects do you already know and what is unknown terrain for you?
  4. What parts of the current semester would you like to give much attention?
  5. What do you want to achieve and learn in particular?
  6. Which study style and corresponding planning is most suitable for you?
  7. What would you like to do or achieve in the project? (subjects, type of project, domain to work in, learning goals, etc.)

Answers:
  1. I like working with servers and playing with my network at home and virtual machines. I think I find basic networking the easiest.
  2. Advanced networking all knowledge that I know is self-taught so I think there is a lot I don’t know yet. I got stuck on virtual lans and ip routing at home what else I’ll find difficult is what I need to find out in the distant future.
  3. Subjects:
      Used:
    • VMWare
    • Linux
    • IPv4
    • NAT
    • TCP/IP
    • DNS
    • HTTP
    • FTP
    • Firewalls
    • HTTPS
    • VPN
      Know about but never used:
    • VMWare ESX
    • Wireshark
    • ARP
    • IP routing
    • SMTP
    • IDS
      Never heard about it:
    • Seclab
    • ICMP ping
    • CIA and IT Risk analysis
  4. Advanced networking and the transition to Java.
  5. How to be a good Cyber security expert.
  6. Style 2, I’ll try to find out if this is the most suitable for me and maybe go to the style 3 courses on the days I get subjects I already know.
  7. I don’t really have a preference I want to learn as much as possible related to cyber security.