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  • Network Field Day 23 – Gestalt IT
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Articles

  • RFP: What’s A Good Geek Shoe? – Packet Pushers
  • Is the Grass Greener… or is it Astroturf? – Packet Pushers
  • Plan to Be Secure; Secure to Your Plan – Cisco Blogs
  • A Load Off Our CPU: How Meraki Helped Our Hospital Save Lives and Stress – Cisco Gateway

Podcasts

  • Cisco Champion Radio Season 2, Episode 27 Getting Started in I.T.
  • Cisco Champion Radio Season 5, Episode 16 DevNet and Meraki
  • Cisco Champion Radio Season 5, Episode 24 Cisco Meraki MX, SD-WAN, and Security at the Branch
  • Cisco Champion Radio Season 6, Episode 24 Being a Nerd in a Cisco Innovation Center
  • Cisco Champion Radio Season 7, Episode 26 Simplify your Security with the new SecureX Platform
  • Cisco Champion Radio Season 7, Episode 27 Wi-Fi and SaaS Troubleshooting with Cisco Meraki
  • Gestalt IT The On-Premise IT Roundtable – Enterprise Networking Has No Need for IPv6
  • Cisco Champion Radio Season 7, Episode 47 Simplify Your Security with the SecureX Platform
  • Cisco Champion Radio Season 8, Episode 6 Fastlane+ Optimizes Network and Device Communication

Videos

  • Cisco Live Social Media Benefits: @ntwrk80

Presentations

  • Tech Feast 2012 Bloomington, Illinois – Basic Networking Concepts
  • Tech Feast 2012 Bloomington, Illinois – Network Monitoring and Baselining
  • Tech Feast 2012 Bloomington, Illinois – Wireless Network Troubleshooting
  • Tech Feast 2012 Bloomington, Illinois – Network Design Layer 2
  • Tech Feast 2013 Bloomington, Illinois – Network Monitoring 101
  • Tech Feast 2013 Bloomington, Illinois – Network Topologies and Addressing Pros and Cons
  • Tech Feast 2013 Bloomington, Illinois – Wired Network Troubleshooting
  • Tech Feast 2013 Bloomington, Illinois – Anatomy of a Network RFP
  • ICE 2016 St. Charles, Illinois – Sneak Programming Into Math and Science
  • SecureED 2020 Springfield, Illinois – Ransomware: Prevention and Mitigation
  • SecureED 2020 Springfield, Illinois – Understanding the Cyber Kill Chain
  • SecureED 2021 Virtual – Microsoft LAPS
  • SecureED 2021 Virtual – SIEM on a Budget
  • IETC 2021 Springfield, Illinois – EDR, Not Your Mother’s AV
  • SecureED 2022 Virtual

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Ben Story @ntwrk80

Ben Story @ntwrk80

Ben Story is a network security engineer for a solution provider. He has been working with networking since 1998, his Freshman year at Truman State University, when he worked for a small dial-up ISP managing their Shiva LanRover modem bank. His random bits and bytes can be found on his blog at https://packitforwarding.com or on Twitter @ntwrk80.

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