Goals for 2022

There are some strategic changes made in early 2022, where more career opportunities are worth trying out. Hence, the goals are re-prioritized compared to the ones end of 2021. In general, the target shifts to broaden skill-sets on cyber-security, and to deliver a spare-time project by polishing my application coding skills.

  1. Get CISSP certificate.

  2. Improve Kali and web-app pen-test skills.

  3. Deliver 15.4 RF jammer/analyzer project.

Tasks for CISSP certification

Item # Description Methods Measurement
1 Complete CISSP Official Study Guide. Take notes on Notion, and carefully go through each chapter in a prioritized manner. - Establish my knowledge base.
- Carefully complete exercises at each chapter.
- Build my error lists.
2 Complete Udemy Online Courses. Follow the video flow in a prioritized manner. - Retrofit or update the existing knowledge base when necessary.
- Complete the test questions.

References:

  • BOOK - CISSP all-in-one exam guide.

  • BOOK - CISSP CBK.

  • Udemy - 4 sets of test questions.

Tasks for improving web-app pen-test skills

Item # Description Methods Measurement
1 Get hands-on experience of OWASP top-10 vulnerabilities. - Leverage Kali Linux on RoG Win10.
- Use the target machine Lenovo Win10 & DVWA.		 - Establish my knowledge base, and track pitfalls during experiments.
- Try to apply know-how in daily work.

References:

  • Bilibili online courses - web-app pen-test introduction with practices.

  • BOOK - Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux.

  • BOOK - The hacker playbook 2.

Tasks for 15.4 RF jammer/analyzer

Item # Description Methods Measurement
1 Complete RAIL wrapping for 15.4 host connection. - Figure out how RAIL lib works.
- Integrate UART connection to a host.
- Figure out how to leverage ATUSB API definitions.		 Source code & document on a Git repo.
2 Build Python jammer host scripts targeting Zigbee. Figure out how to leverage ATUSB host lib. Source code & document on a Git repo.
3 Build Python jammer host scripts targeting Matter. Figure out how to leverage Matter host. Source code & document on a Git repo.

References: