S9 E2 From Bagging Groceries to Teaching Cyber

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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SOCIAL MEDIA: Stay connected with us on our social media pages where we'll give you snippets, alerts for new podcasts, and even behind the scenes of our studio! Instagram: @securityconfidential and @OfficialDarkRhinoSecurity Facebook: @Dark-Rhino-Security-Inc Twitter: @darkrhinosec LinkedIn: @dark-rhino-security Youtube: @Dark Rhino Security ​