[1]Download this latest thrilling episode! Dear friends, Welcome to this latest thrilling episode in a collector's series, in which Tracy and Paul discuss: Topic One: [2]Information Security Certifications are Worthless and Causing More Harm than Good Paul and Tracy talked about the pros and cons of popular InfoSec certifications like Network + and Security + from [3]CompTIA, the CISSP from [4]ISC(2), and the CEH from the [5]EC-Council. Topic Two: Getting overwhelmed by the news and how to deal A lively discussion was held about tools, techniques, tricks, and philosophies of news and current events intake. [6]The Information Hoarding Epidemic: Causes and Solutions (webinar recording + slides) [7]Nuzzel, [8]Pocket, and [9]Twitter Lists were just some of the tools mentioned. Topic Three: How NOT to use your communication skills Based on stories in the latest headlines, ideas were exchanged about best practices for good communication. Plugs: [10]Tactical Edge - Latin America's premier InfoSec conference! September 13-14, 2017 in Bogotá, Colombia Tracy will present at [11]BSidesCharm, "The Battle for OSINT: Are you Team GUI or Team Command Line?" with friend of the show, [12]Joe Gray. __________________________________________________________________ My original entry is here: [13]PVCSec EP 94: To Cert or not To Cert. It posted Thu, 27 Apr 2017 03:28:34 +0000. Filed under: Podcasts, certification, Communications, education, leadership, podcast, podcasts, training, References 1. http://traffic.libsyn.com/pvcsec/EP_94.mp3 2. https://www.tacnetsol.com/blogs/news/security-certifications-are-worthless-and-causing-more-harm-than-good 3. https://www.comptia.org/ 4. https://www.isc2.org/ 5. https://www.eccouncil.org/programs/certified-ethical-hacker-ceh/ 6. http://www.infodesk.com/information-happens/webinar-update-the-information-hoarding-epidemic-causes-and-solutions 7. http://nuzzel.com/ 8. https://getpocket.com/ 9. https://support.twitter.com/articles/76460 10. https://www.tacticaledge.co/ 11. http://www.bsidescharm.com/ 12. https://twitter.com/C_3PJoe 13. https://www.pvcsec.com/2017/04/26/pvcsec-ep-94-to-cert-or-not-to-cert/