About me

Hello, my name is Steven Annett and welcome to my personal blog.

I am a network and security engineer, who is a highly competent and enthusiastic CCNA Routing and switching certified. Currently holding SC security clearance and experience of performing diagnostics and resolving customer technical problems via telephone, email and remote support.

Possessing excellent client facing skills, natural problem solving and analytical skills and able to contribute to the development of best practice, procedures and policies within the company.

In my daily job, I work for a company called Rapid7 helping customers to get the most out of their InsightVM/Nexpose vulnerability management deployments.

This website provides detailed information on the topics of networking and security. I set up this website to encourage knowledge sharing, in addition, it serves as a reference for myself.

Please feel free to contact me

Certificates I currently hold:

Geared toward security professionals who have little to no Nexpose experience, this two-day interactive class, led by a Rapid7 Security Consultant, will walk you through some basic to intermediate product features, best security practices, and techniques for vulnerability scanning various devices within a typical network environment.

Skills

Enterprise Information Security, Nexpose, Patch Management, Vulnerability Management

Geared toward seasoned InsightVM users who want proof of their technical proficiency, this two-hour exam will test your ability to support 3rd-party product integrations, a greater understanding of InsightVM data, and techniques for analyzing that data.

Skills

Enterprise Information Security, Patch Management, Security Operations And Response, Vulnerability Management

Geared toward Metasploit Pro users who want proof of their proficiency, this two- hour exam will test your usage of the product and knowledge of various exploitation methods.

Skills

Enterprise Information Security, Ethical Hacking, IT Penetration Testing, Metasploit, Phishing, Project Management, Web Penetration Testing

Our Network Assault Certification tests IT and security professionals’ skills and understanding of penetration testing concepts and methodologies.

Skills

Buffer Overflow, Enterprise Information Security, Enumeration, Ethical Hacking, IT Penetration Testing, Metasploit, OSINT, Phishing, Risk Analysis, Social Engineering, Web Penetration Testing

Our Application Assault Certification tests IT or security professionals’ skills and understanding of penetration testing concepts and methodologies.

Skills

CSRF, Enterprise Information Security, Ethical Hacking, IT Penetration Testing, Metasploit, SQL Injection, TCP/IP Fundamentals, Web Penetration Testing, XSS, XXE