Personal Thoughts

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As always, I was not really active around for the last few months or even the last year. At least, I had a good reason this time. I was kind of busy writing my essay for the master’s degree. I began a graduate degree in September 2013 with a specialization in IT governance, audit, and security at Université de Sherbrooke.

Well, I should definitely work on my master’s essay but I thought it could be a good time to update my website. Again. Less than 2 months after the previous version… WordPress to Hugo Framework WordPress is certainly the most popular blog platform.

I finally obtained the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification. It is definitely the most well-known certification in the information security industry and the one recommended for any professionals in this field. What is the CISSP? It is not necessarily the most technical or specialized certification.

This post was published when this blog was also in French. This post is available in English. Kantoku était une application autohébergée pour les entreprises afin de pouvoir gérer facilement leur gouvernance, risque et conformité TI (GRC). Comme mentionné dans une publication précédente, j’ai développé cette application pendant les premiers mois de 2016.

Kantoku is a self-hosted application for companies to manage their IT governance, risk management and compliance (GRC). As mentioned in a previous post, I developed this application during the first part of 2016. At first, it was a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution with a really nice high availability infrastructure on AWS.

It has been a little more than 3 years since I graduated from my bachelor degree. I must admit, it has not been always simple to figure out what I wanted to do. It could have been easier, but overall, I understand now why those different experiences were required for me.