LE No. 10: Vanguard Certifications! TLDR Cyber? FAQing Forums? Upcoming Guest Instructor Streams & DE&TH Update!
Welcome
Level Effect announces major updates across their cybersecurity education platform this week, including recognition programs and new community features.
Brand Updates
TLDR Cyber Service
A CDA alumnus named Jordan Westfall developed a service aggregating cybersecurity articles into a Discord forum format. This tool enables community discussion about security topics in a water-cooler style environment, launching in the Level Effect Discord.
Vanguard Certifications
New recognition badges honor exceptional achievement. The CDCP Vanguard 1 award recognizes the first student completing certification shortly after release, acknowledging "exceptional skill and the ability to thrive in uncharted territory." Similar first-to-complete variants will exist for Vanguard 10 and CDCP Gold certifications. User Arkphyre earned the inaugural CDCP Vanguard 1 badge.
Content Updates
DE&TH Course
The Detection Engineering course faces timeline extensions due to team member personal leave and Detector Bot development challenges. Content releases are scheduled across three phases.
Upcoming Streams
- SecOps Tabletop (Jan 31, 1-3PM EST): Hosted by Fletus Poston
- DFIR AMA (Feb 7, 12-2PM EST): Details forthcoming
Coursework Progress
SOC100 classes recently advanced into Windows malware analysis fundamentals.
Community
FAQing Friday Forums
Weekly open Q&A sessions resume in a new format, allowing members to pose industry questions. Community Analysts and Instructors collaborate to provide answers.
Resources
Community members shared several tools: Splunk security training, professional resume templates, MITRE ATLAS matrix for AI/ML attack tactics, MITRE D3FEND 1.0 countermeasure ontology, and chemistry-based cybersecurity education resources.
Closing
The newsletter concludes with a Confucius quote emphasizing the necessity of combining learning with critical thinking.