The Path to the Blue Team: Ty Atkin - Co Founder Full Metal Cyber Security

One of the things we highlight on this show is peoples path into IT. Ty's path was to sign up for the US Navy and be trained in InfoSec. This week's episode is his story, and how he used his experience to go from knowing fairly little about IT, to defending our nation on the digital front, as well as a successful career in information security. We discuss the different types of teams that work together to keep organizations safe, tools, tips, and tricks for IT Support teams to employ, and hear some crazy awesome stories about his time in the military.  Enjoy and Subscribe!  Continue the conversation by Joining the tabGeeks slack community: no sponsors and no assholery allowed at tabGeeks.com/Slack or on twitter by following me @MrJNowlin and Ty @FullMetal1 Learn more about tabGeeks: The IT Support Conference at www.tabgeeks.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tabgeeks/message

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We’ve come a long way since computers took up the size of a room, and with every new advancement, from the smartwatch to the internet itself there have always been people who have loved tech more than anyone else. When answering the phone they skip the traditional ‘hello’ or ‘hi’, resorting instead to their mantra, ‘have you tried turning it off and on again?’ These people have gone by many names over the decades, but they are consistent in their calling. IT. They work in the shadows, diligently keeping operations from going dark. These everyday heroes..... are known as Heroes of IT