HacktheBox Certified Junior Cybersecurity Associate
There is a new HacktheBox certification called the CJCA. This is the HTB Certified Junior Cybersecurity Associate which comes with a new Role Path called Junior Cybersecurity Analyst. For this role path, I am having 63.49% of 20 modules completed. The CJCA is both a red team and blue team certification that I am working on getting.
On the modules for the CJCA I am working on Introduction to Bash Scripting, Introduction to Penetration Testing, Pentest in a Nutshell and others. For the CDSA I am still working on the SOC Analyst Role Path where I am 30.91% completed. I am looking more towards doing the CJCA and the Junior Cybersecurity Analyst Role Path.
TryHackMe Progress
On TryHackMe, I am working through the SOC Level 2 Learning Path. I currently am at a rank of 6585 with being ranked 839 All-time in the United States. I recently finished the DevSecOps Learning Path on TryHackMe. This puts me at 253 rooms completed with 38 badges and a 17-day streak. Also, I am at 33092 points needing 35000 points to upgrade my Legend to a Guardian point level rank.
Network Security Influencer
I have taken up a Network Security Influencer role on social media. I am currently at 1.2k Facebook friends, 711 followers on LinkedIn, 30 followers on X, and 34 followers on Instagram. This puts me above 1,000 unique followers and makes me a Nano Influencer. Out of the four platforms Instagram is the newest for me and I am working on my Instagram following.
I am working on my branding on X and need to rethink my strategy. For Instagram, I am @aarondejong10 and for X @aaronwdejong. I would be open to new followers on these two platforms. The thing that I am doing as a Network Security Influencer that is more of a top fan strategy. There are 13 current organizations that I am a top fan of on social media.
Conclusion
The way that I am going about HacktheBox certifications is to work on the CJCA before the CDSA. This is something that I think makes HacktheBox a good platform for entry-level cybersecurity certifications. I am doing well on TryHackMe and think that I still have room for improvement with the SOC Level 2 Learning Path.
Doing more of the top fan strategy for the Network Security Influencer role has allowed me to become a better influencer. I am working more on the X and Instagram platforms where I am open to new followers. On Facebook and Instagram I am @dejongaaron, on LinkedIn I am linkedin.com/in/dejongaaron, and on X I am @aaronwdejong.