CISSP endorsement CURL / Postman request
Instead of logging in to the (ISC)2 endorsement portal or trying to navigate through the horrible website menus, you can just load up a Postman/Curl request curl -d ‘{“FirstName”:”YOUR-FIRST-NAME”,”LastName”:”YOUR-LAST-NAME”,”MemberNumber”:”YOUR-MEMBER-NUMBER”}’ -H “Content-Type: application/json” -X POSThttps://www.isc2.org/api/MemberVerification/MemberVerification If you’re using postman or similar you can populate with the following: Method POST URL https://www.isc2.org/api/MemberVerification/MemberVerification HTTP Headers: Content-Type: application/json Body/Data: {“FirstName”:”YOUR-FIRST-NAME”,”LastName”:”YOUR-LAST-NAME”,”MemberNumber”:”YOUR-MEMBER-NUMBER”}
Passing the (ISC)2 CISSP Exam
Preparation: I don’t study well. I prefer to measure my current understanding then fill in the gaps; which I wasn’t able to really do until the past week or so; I got a good grasp when attending a training course that I understood most of the content fairly well, especially in the technical sections. Booked […]
#LinkedInMusings: Infrastructure as code
If you’re building “secure” cloud solutions, you MUST be deploying infrastructure as code (Azure ARM / AWS CloudFormation / Terraform). If you’re not, why not? What are your organisation’s barriers to making it happen? # This was a LinkedIn musing I thought was worth capturing.
Implementing SFTP Conversations with the CA API Gateway
The CA API Gateway allows you to stand up an SFTP endpoint for inbound messages to be processed. These messages are instantly processed by the gateway in memory, so throw away everything you knew about SFTP file uploads. Understanding the conversation flow When you connect to an SFTP server to upload a file, 5 things […]
How to Buy Ethereum in Australia with Coinspot
Ethereum is the new Bitcoin, if you choose to believe it. I was recently introduced to Ethereum when I was browsing the Microsoft Azure service catalog and came across their blockchain simulation service, which allows you to spin up a test network to deploy Distributed Applications (DAPP’s) onto an isolated Ethereum blockchain network. Pretty cool stuff […]
Lessons Learned Creating TayTayTexts.com
Back in March, the BOQ Hackathon was held in Brisbane, and after reviewing the mentor list, I did some research about what the different mentors brought to the hackathon and if I could learn anything from them. One of the mentors had created a website, “KanyeTexts” in a day, using a bunch of cloud services […]
BizTalk 2016 & SQL Always On Availability Groups
Microsoft introduced support for SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups with BizTalk 2016; and it’s a fair bit to digest. Availability Groups is available in SQL Server 2016 Enterprise Edition, and introduces some valuable and important options for disaster recovery and high availability. Implementing these features to provide resiliency and protection for BizTalk requires even more understanding and a […]
Don’t follow the instructions
Ever purchased an IKEA flatpack and tried to assemble it yourself? Often, it results in a little bit of cursing, rarely does it work out perfectly the first time. At what point did you pull out the instructions? In this process driven world, we are led to produce endless reams of step by step instructions […]
So you created a Windows Server Failover Cluster on Azure…and now it won’t start
It pays to pay attention to the detail! I created a Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC) on a bunch of Windows 2012 R2 virtual machines running in Azure, and at first, it all just worked. I wrote a quick little PowerShell script to install the cluster features, and then used the MMC console to do […]
Microsoft SQL Server 2016 on Linux
One of the most exciting updates in SQL Server 2016 is the ability to run it on Linux! Currently working on some designs which incorporate SQL Server 2016 AlwaysOn Availability groups and had to ask; does it work on Linux? Well, there’s a Channel9 video for that. The host briefly mentions AlwaysOn Availability Groups, and […]