Grant Barton
Bellingham, WA ยท
hiregrant@bartonbytes.com
I am an IT student in Bellingham, Washington. My favorite things include coffee, Washington-grown apples, and more coffee. I'm interested in finding ways to implement security in a user-friendly manner.
Check out my blog at bartonbytes.com
Bellingham Weather
| Day | Summary | Precipitation Chance | High Temp (F) | Low Temp (F) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | Clear | -- | 56 | -- |
| 07/08/20 | Possible light rain overnight. | 23% | 70 | 55 |
| 07/09/20 | Light rain in the morning and afternoon. | 97% | 66 | 53 |
| 07/10/20 | Partly cloudy throughout the day. | 13% | 70 | 51 |
| 07/11/20 | Partly cloudy throughout the day. | 11% | 74 | 55 |
| 07/12/20 | Clear throughout the day. | 33% | 71 | 53 |
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Your Weather
| Day | Summary | Precipitation Chance | High Temp (F) | Low Temp (F) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | Partly Cloudy | -- | 75 | -- |
| 07/08/20 | Humid and partly cloudy throughout the day. | 33% | 86 | 76 |
| 07/09/20 | Rain and humid throughout the day. | 87% | 87 | 76 |
| 07/10/20 | Possible light rain in the morning. | 83% | 88 | 75 |
| 07/11/20 | Rain in the afternoon. | 49% | 91 | 75 |
| 07/12/20 | Rain in the evening. | 60% | 94 | 76 |
Data from Darksky.net
Education
Western Washington University
Bachelor of Science
Cybersecurity
Course Examples:
- Operating Systems I
- Technical Writing
- Databases
- Secure Software Development
Expected June 2020
Whatcom Community College
Associate of Applied Science - Transfer
Cybersecurity
Course Examples:
- Cisco Networking IV
- Computer Programming II (Java)
- Business Law
- Industrial System Security
- HTML Fundamentals
June 2018
Skills
Programming Languages & Tools
Subjects Studied & Practiced
- Networking: Cisco IOS, dynamic routing, TCP/IP, DNS
- Programming: Python, Bash, HTML/CSS
- Security: Wireshark, Metasploit, Kali Linux tools
- Operations: Ansible, Puppet, Debian
- DevOps: Git/Gitlab, Docker and Swarm, Hashicorp stack
- Metrics and Data: ELK stack, Icinga2, Splunk
Other Skills
- WA State Food Worker Card & MAST Permit
- Native English, conversational French
- Strong customer service skills
- Always excited to learn something new
My Favorite Tech News
| Website | Description |
|---|---|
| Debian Bits | Blog of the Debian GNU/Linux project |
| Krebs On Security | A cybersecurity-focused blog by Brian Krebs |
| Phoronix | Linux hardware (and software) news by Michael Larabel |
| HackerNews | User-shared tech news, hosted by Y Combinator |
| Arstechnica | Generic tech and science news |
| Null Program | Tech with a focus on low-level programming and tools by Chris Wellons |
| Steve Klabnik | Rust and web-programming blog by Steve Klabnik |
| Zach Holman | Blog on the tech industry and culture |
| Ben Cox | Tech and networking blog |
| Association of Computing Machinery | Tech industry news |
| Cloudflare Blog | Blog of the Cloudflare corporation |
| Crowdstrike Blog | Blog from the security company Crowdstrike |
| Daniel Miessler | Security-centric blog |
| Cisco Talos Blog | Latest cybersecurity threat reports from the security team at Cisco |
| I'd Rather Be Writing | News and blog posts on modern technical writing |
| Latacora Blog | Random infosec opinions from the security firm Latacora |
| Random ASCII | Programming and tech pieces by Bruce Dawson |