Cybersecurity in America nearly had its backbone removed

( job search progress. No one's called me in for an interview yet. )

The other day, many people (myself included) were up in arms about the topic of CVE being de-funded. This is essentially the standardization appendix of all cybersecurity vulnerabilities. To put this in more simple language that can be understood, it would be like talking to an LLM, asking the LLM a question, and then the LLM being unable to answer specifically because it doesn't have any data to access and use as definitions to answer your question. You just would not get an answer.

Imagine asking google gemini (which anyone can use now), "Show me a picture of a fish." But Gemini has no examples of fish to work off of. It wouldn't know where to begin with giving you the picture.

The present administration is throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

Mini-vacation in the capital

Of course, for operational security purposes, I am always vague. I need to leave the country and re-enter for a visa. I could just apply for a family visa, but they are "daftly" expensive and it doesn't make sense to get one unless I have a job. Wife also needs to take an important test in the capital.

There are many more remote cybersecurity jobs online than what I give myself credit for. This past day I was wondering if I should back out from learning linux or earning a Linux+, but based on what I saw in two job postings today, I just thought, "okay, I should keep powering forward on this."

I can't figure out if I should just use Tryhackme, expand to "Hack the Box." or use both. I do think that if employers can see I am an American with B1 Russian and C1 Chinese, then HR would go crazy over the potential they could have with me.

I could see myself as an SOC analyst, GRC analyst, threat intel, or something similar to start. A few years down the road I might want to become a forensics or incident handler type of person.

But for now I need to get the schedule straightened out.