Here are some resources that I have found helpful over the years.
Books:
- The Adventures of an IT Leader by Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan, Shannon O’Donnell
- The Unicorn Project by Gene Kim
- The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim
- Time Managment for System Administrators by Thomas A. Limoncelli
- Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age by Brad Smith, Carol Ann Browne, Bill Gates (Foreword)
- Offensive Countermeasures: The Art of Active Defense by John Strand, Paul Asadoorian, Ben Donnelly, Bryce Galbraith, Ethan Robish
- Active Directory: Designing, Deploying, and Running Active Directory, 5th Edition by Brian Desmond, Joe Richards, Robbie Allen, Alistair G. Lowe-Norris
- Extreme Privacy: What It Takes to Disappear by Michael Bazzell
- The Computer Incident Response Planning Handbook: Executable Plans for Protecting Information at Risk by N. K. McCarthy, Matthew Todd and Jeff Klaben
Conferences:
| Conference | Month | Location | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shmoocon | January | Washington DC | https://www.shmoocon.org |
| Enigma | January | USA | https://www.usenix.org/conference/enigma{year} |
| PancakesCon | January | Online | https://pancakescon.com/attend/ |
| Nordic Infrastructure Conference (NIC) | February | Norway | https://www.nicconf.com |
| RSA Conference | March | CA | https://www.rsaconference.com |
| SecureWorld | March/April | MA | https://www.secureworldexpo.com |
| Altseccon | April | Canada | https://atlseccon.com |
| BSides Boston | April | MA | http://www.bsidesboston.org |
| Paranoia | May | Oslo | https://paranoia.watchcom.no/ |
| Blue Team Con | June | IL | https://blueteamcon.com/ |
| The Diana Initiative | July/Aug | Online/LasVegas | https://www.dianainitiative.org/ |
| BSides LasVegas | August | LasVegas | https://www.bsideslv.org |
| BlackHat USA | August | LasVegas | https://www.blackhat.com |
| DefCon | August | LasVegas | https://www.defcon.org |
| NamesCon | September | TX | https://namescon.com/ |
| Wild West Hackin Fest | October | SD | https://www.wildwesthackinfest.com |
| HIP New York | October | NYC | https://www.hipconf.com |
| Layer 8 Conference | October | Online/RI | https://layer8conference.com/ |
| Microsoft Ignite | November | FL | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ignite |
| AWS ReInvent | December | LasVegas | https://reinvent.awsevents.com |
| Midwest Management Summit (MMS) | May | USA | https://mmsmoa.com/ |