Todd Michael
The White Hat Bible, Volume 1
Foundations: IT, Hardware, Networking, and Linux Fundamentals for Future Defenders
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Understand the system.
Think like a defender.
A five-volume reading path through foundations, security, systems and code. Explore the catalog and build a deliberate, authorized study practice.
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Todd Michael
The White Hat Bible, Volume 2
Core Security: Security+, CySA+, PenTest+ and the Defender Mindset
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The White Hat Bible, Volume 3
Networking and Systems Mastery: Cisco, Windows, Active Directory and Enterprise Linux
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2026-10-23
Scoping a Permissions Exercise Before You Touch Anything
A practical way to turn a technical reading into a small, owned, and reversible lab on Linux file permissions, with a written scope and a clean finish.
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A defender study log you can actually use
Describe the environment, expectation and observation so that a study session leaves a usable record.
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Write the lab boundary before the exercise
A scope sheet makes an authorized learning exercise easier to stop, repeat and review.
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