"Hello!

I'm Dan...been OD (for 'Other Dan') and OTD (OvertheTopDan), but I'm probably most comfortable with just 'dude'.

I am a cybersecurity expert, having spent 25 years working with such entities as Microsoft, Amazon and the U.S. army as an inhouse authority on security concerns and technical implementations. I hold a large number of industry certifications.

I was one of the first in the world to earn the CompTIA Cloud+, as I was part of the Beta team that assisted in it's development, and passed the test without reference material or a rubric on what it might cover. I also hold, from CompTIA, the Advanced Security Practioner certification, or CASP, and the lead up certifications Security+, Server+ and A+.

I am also an expert in Microsoft Engineering, certified in Azure Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft365 Security Operations, Azure for SAP Systems and Azure Security Engineering.

For verification, my CompTIA Member ID is COMP001008174823 and my Microsoft credential ID is 12317280.

I have taught courses on most of the certifications I hold, including the Security+ and A+ to U.S. Army personnel, and almost every Microsoft security exam on platforms such as CBTNuggets.com, StormwindStudios.com, LinuxAcademy.com and ACloudGuru.com. Overall, I've been teaching for almost 10 years. My current, prerecorded material is hosted on PluralSight.com, while here (and only here) is where you can catch me live. And, as a byproduct, if you're looking for information about creating or editing web-destined content, I'm a great resource for the initiate and veteran alike, especially when it comes to game streaming or using capture tools like Open Broadcast Studio OBS.

In addition to cyber security, I also am a consummate traveler and history buff, living in 20 different American states and 15 different countries in my life.

Lastly, if you go back far enough, my collegiate career was focused on music, where I majored in Jazz Performance and music theory. I still compose, almost everyday." less...