Leron Gray's guest appearances

Leron Gray

Hanselminutes with Scott Hanselman

Getting Into Infosec

Black Student Success Podcast

Lisette Sutherland

Addy Osmani

Maria Naggaga

Diane Hosfelt

Ariel Johnson

John Brownlee

Tsedal Neeley

Justin Lester

Don Syme

Emily Gorcenski

Brad Butler

Guy Godin

Jérôme Laban

Evan Amos

Kiki Prottsman

OwlTail

Industrial engineer Leron Gray joins the show to talk about his initial inspiration to study engineering, how someone showed him what industrial engineering is, being the first in his family to leave home for school, and giving back to the youth through coaching basketball.Follow and connect with Leron on:LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/leron-gray-81252a2aBlack Student Success Scholarship (Deadline 4/30/21) - https://forms.gle/aRwXeAtvnLgpCf848Donate to the Inquire Higher Online Community - https://www.gofundme.com/manage/inquire-higher-community-enhancement--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast.  https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bsspodcast/support

Industrial engineer Leron Gray joins the show to talk about his initial inspiration to study engineering, how someone showed him what industrial engineering is, being the first in his family to leave home for school, and giving back to the youth through coaching basketball. Follow and connect with Leron on: LinkedIn - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/leron-gray-81252a2a" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/leron-gray-81252a2a</a> Black Student Success Scholarship (Deadline 4/30/21) - https://forms.gle/aRwXeAtvnLgpCf848 Donate to the Inquire Higher Online Community - <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/manage/inquire-higher-community-enhancement" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.gofundme.com/manage/inquire-higher-community-enhancement</a> --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/app</a> Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/bsspodcast/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/bsspodcast/support</a>

Leron Gray: Road To Become An Industrial Engineer

"A red team is a group that helps organizations to improve themselves by providing opposition to the point of view of the organization that they are helping." What's that mean in layperson's terms? They are the internal pen testing team that attacks company resources to make them better and more secure! How does one get a cool job like this? How can you get a start in infosec?

"A red team is a group that helps organizations to improve themselves by providing opposition to the point of view of the organization that they are helping." What's that mean in layperson's terms? They are the internal pen testing team that attacks company resources to make them better and more secure! How does one get a cool job like this? How can you get a start in infosec?

Red Teaming with Leron Gray

Leron Gray is a man of many talents. Although he didn't really get into infosec until much later in life, he always had a creative side. He now finds himself as a pentester working from home and a nerdcore rapper producing amazing beats! BIO Leron is a penetration tester and a ten-year Navy veteran with four years of experience as a Cryptologic Technician (Networks), focusing primarily on offensive cyber operations. He holds a Bachelor's degree from Dakota State University in Cyber Operations. With a passion for Python, he loves automating tedious daily routine tasks for efficiency and considers himself to always be in a position to learn more and pass on knowledge. He always enjoys competing in as many Capture-the-Flag events as possible and also often performs as a nerdcore rapper. Leron currently holds eCPPT, eWPT, GPYC, GPEN, GAWN, GCFE, and GICSP certifications. He also maintains a blog and maintains an active Twitter discussing music, information security, and wrestling. Notes   Went to a high school that made you choose majors   Grew up poor, was not allowed to go out much   Technological learning came from school   Didn't really get into computers until he was 25   Has been in music since Jr. High School (Marching band, jazz band, and concert band... all the bands)   Networking is the biggest thing that Leron says would help   Leron offers his passionate opinion on "aptitude" (it's a pet peeve of his)   Quotes   "I learned a lot... I made sure not to waste any opportunity for learning."   "Job searching, in general, is a pain."   "I don't think I would be where I am right now if I hadn't gone out and made that effort."   "One of the big deals that people had were degrees. I wasn't really sure why; I have 10 years of IT/Cyber experience."   "It turned out the company no longer owned that server. Their DNS was still pointing to it though."   "I took Java in high school and was really bad at it and I found out everyone is bad at Java, so it doesn't really matter."   "It's so much easier to learn when you have a problem to fix."   "It's not even just information security that learning Python could help... it could be anything you do... often enough to warrant not to do it [manually]."   "Nobody does a CTF and expects not to learn something by the time they leave."   "Job searches shouldn't be like that: they should be based on your merit."   "Maybe the person can't get OSCP, but maybe they have the skills or knowledge."   "The idea of aptitude... raises too many borders."   Links   Leron on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcohmi   Leron's Blog: https://daddycocoaman.dev/   Leron's GitHub: https://github.com/daddycocoaman   Class that Leron Is Mentoring: https://www.sans.org/mentor/class/sec573-seattle-19mar2019-leron-gray   Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/   PyCharm: https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/   IPython Notebook: https://ipython.org/notebook.html   San Antonio's Hackers Association: https://satxhackers.org/wp/   MC OHM-I: https://www.mcohmi.com  Intro Music: Cascadia by Trash80 - https://trash80.com/#/content/133/weeklybeats-2012-week5 (Released under Creative Commons) Outro Music: https://soundcloud.com/mc-ohm-i/domain  Getting Into Infosec   Twitter: https://twitter.com/coffeewithayman   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg6gV_gdfc188HZdN8LUx4A   Book: https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Step-Step-Starting-Information-ebook/dp/B07N15GTPC/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leron Gray is a man of many talents. Although he didn't really get into infosec until much later in life, he always had a creative side. He now finds himself as a pentester working from home and a nerdcore rapper producing amazing beats! BIO Leron is a penetration tester and a ten-year Navy veteran with four years of experience as a Cryptologic Technician (Networks), focusing primarily on offensive cyber operations. He holds a Bachelor's degree from Dakota State University in Cyber Operations. With a passion for Python, he loves automating tedious daily routine tasks for efficiency and considers himself to always be in a position to learn more and pass on knowledge. He always enjoys competing in as many Capture-the-Flag events as possible and also often performs as a nerdcore rapper. Leron currently holds eCPPT, eWPT, GPYC, GPEN, GAWN, GCFE, and GICSP certifications. He also maintains a <a href="https://daddycocoaman.dev/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blog</a> and maintains an active <a href="https://twitter.com/mcohmi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> discussing music, information security, and wrestling. Notes <ul> <li> Went to a high school that made you choose majors </li> <li> Grew up poor, was not allowed to go out much </li> <li> Technological learning came from school </li> <li> Didn't really get into computers until he was 25 </li> <li> Has been in music since Jr. High School (Marching band, jazz band, and concert band... all the bands) </li> <li> Networking is the biggest thing that Leron says would help </li> <li> Leron offers his passionate opinion on "aptitude" (it's a pet peeve of his) </li> </ul> Quotes <ul> <li> "I learned a lot... I made sure not to waste any opportunity for learning." </li> <li> "Job searching, in general, is a pain." </li> <li> "I don't think I would be where I am right now if I hadn't gone out and made that effort." </li> <li> "One of the big deals that people had were degrees. I wasn't really sure why; I have 10 years of IT/Cyber experience." </li> <li> "It turned out the company no longer owned that server. Their DNS was still pointing to it though." </li> <li> "I took Java in high school and was really bad at it and I found out everyone is bad at Java, so it doesn't really matter." </li> <li> "It's so much easier to learn when you have a problem to fix." </li> <li> "It's not even just information security that learning Python could help... it could be anything you do... often enough to warrant not to do it [manually]." </li> <li> "Nobody does a CTF and expects not to learn something by the time they leave." </li> <li> "Job searches shouldn't be like that: they should be based on your merit." </li> <li> "Maybe the person can't get OSCP, but maybe they have the skills or knowledge." </li> <li> "The idea of aptitude... raises too many borders." </li> </ul> Links <ul> <li> Leron on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mcohmi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/mcohmi</a> </li> <li> Leron's Blog: <a href="https://daddycocoaman.dev/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://daddycocoaman.dev/</a> </li> <li> Leron's GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/daddycocoaman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://github.com/daddycocoaman</a> </li> <li> Class that Leron Is Mentoring: <a href="https://www.sans.org/mentor/class/sec573-seattle-19mar2019-leron-gray" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.sans.org/mentor/class/sec573-seattle-19mar2019-leron-gray</a> </li> <li> Visual Studio Code: <a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://code.visualstudio.com/</a> </li> <li> PyCharm: <a href="https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/</a> </li> <li> IPython Notebook: <a href="https://ipython.org/notebook.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ipython.org/notebook.html</a> </li> <li> San Antonio's Hackers Association: <a href="https://satxhackers.org/wp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://satxhackers.org/wp/</a> </li> <li> MC OHM-I: <a href="https://www.mcohmi.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.mcohmi.com</a> </li> <li>Intro Music: Cascadia by Trash80 - <a href="https://trash80.com/#/content/133/weeklybeats-2012-week5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://trash80.com/#/content/133/weeklybeats-2012-week5</a> (Released under Creative Commons)</li> <li>Outro Music: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/mc-ohm-i/domain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/mc-ohm-i/domain</a></li> </ul> Getting Into Infosec <ul> <li> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/coffeewithayman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/coffeewithayman</a> </li> <li> YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg6gV_gdfc188HZdN8LUx4A" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg6gV_gdfc188HZdN8LUx4A</a> </li> <li> Book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Step-Step-Starting-Information-ebook/dp/B07N15GTPC/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Step-Step-Starting-Information-ebook/dp/B07N15GTPC/</a> </li> </ul>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Leron Gray - From Navy E6 to Pentester, SANS Mentor and Nerdcore Rapper!