Summary: <p>Today's episode is brought to you by my friends at <a href="https://safepass.me" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">safepass.me</a>. Safepass.me is the most efficient and cost-effective solution to prevent Active Directory users from setting a weak or compromised password. It's in compliance with the latest NIST password guidelines, and is the only enterprise solution to protect organizations against credential stuffing and password spraying attacks. Visit <a href="https://safepass.me" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">safepass.me</a> for more details, and tell them 7 Minute Security sent you to get a 10% discount!</p> <p>Psst...my pals <a href="http://project7.io" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Paul</a> and <a href="https://plextrac.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Dan</a> are hosting a Webinar all about building your own pentest lab for ~$500. This is happening next Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 12 p.m. CST. Sign up <a href="https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_InkTA-StSca1qhZdxuSuIA" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <p>Today I thought I'd kind of hit the reset/refresh button and give you a little background on:</p> <ul> <li>My self-diagnosed job ADHD (check out my series on <a href="https://7ms.us/episodeguide-featured/#careerguidance" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">career guidance</a> for the even longer version :-/)</li> <li>The history of 7MS the podcast (inspired by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tenminpod" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">10 minute podcast</a>)</li> <li>How the podcast helped launch 7MS the business</li> <li>The various resources 7MS has worked on to help you in your IT/security career, such as: <ul> <li> <a href="http://bpatty.rocks" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">BPATTY</a> - Brian's Pentesting and Technical Tips for You</li> <li> <a href="https://7ms.us/slack" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">A Slack channel</a> full of cool security people who want to help you learn, and learn from others as well</li> <li> <a href="https://vulnhub.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Vulnerable VMs</a> to help you practice hacking, such as <a href="https://www.vulnhub.com/entry/billy-madison-11,161/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Billy Madison</a> and <a href="https://www.vulnhub.com/entry/tommy-boy-1,157/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Tommy Boy</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul><p>Thinking about starting your own company? Come see me at Secure360 this summer for my talk called <a href="https://7minsec.com/events/speaking/2019/5/14/so-you-want-to-start-a-security-company" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">So You Want to Start a Security Company</a>.</p>
