Tender Of Resignation

It's been a while since my last post here. Don't have much time to write but i got a lot in my mind need to let it out. Anyway, just to officially inform that, i have been tender my resignation (again) hahaha with my current company. I have accepted a new job offer with one of Fortune 200 Company which is also still in security line. I will give a notice of 2 months effective from today and my last day would be 2nd of Oct or earlier since i have a balance leave that can be used. My first day at the new company will be 1st of Oct so that i think i still can leave earlier from my current company. I would like to give a big thanks to my immediate boss, Mr. Kevin Wong and all my friends there especially to Hafiz.

I have been enjoying working with this company and i got a lot of experience even though it was a short time of period only (not a year yet). Well, life must goes on and i would like to seek a new challenge with better opportunities, better prospect, better dollar etc. Even though my decision still got a pros and cons, but i believe that there's a Hikmah beside what going to be happen and what have been happen before. Every decision I've made is dedicated to my family - my lovely wife and my handsome son just for their happiness. Thank God for the opportunities and i'm really grateful for it. Alhamdulillah.

My journey continues next 2 months ...

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SIEM Products

It's been a while since my last post. Yes, the truth is, i'm so lazy to blog since everyday got problem to troubleshoot (it's not because of me but the Cap Ayam system), we are in the middle of changing the SIEM products to a better one. In gartner report, it's the no one leading and yes the functionality i will say it was number one products in the market right now. So i'm glad if my company approved to change all our customer to this new SIEM products.

As far as i'm working in security field, i have been playing and saw quite a few SIEM products that available in the market right now and i'm glad to have such experiences. I will list the products here which is:

1. OSSIM - an open source SIEM but not much product supported, for the new beta, the interface is quite cool.

2. Tanable Security SC3 - it more for batch analysis and maybe forensics and i think it's not suitable for 24X7 monitoring since it don't have any alerting system and just eye balling.

3. CA eTrust Audit - the concept is quite good but the implementation and architecture is quite complicated. Got a lot problem that i need to face and too much layer to operate and seriously, i don't like it.

4. TriGeo - quite cool product but still got some limitation and not meet my criteria as an analyst to analyze.

5. ArcSight - The most coolest SIEM product in this world right now, but the price is totally high, but still i will vote for arc sight to be the number one. So much function and features can fulfill analyst task everyday 24X7.

6. Splunk - this is not SIEM actually but it was a log collector kind of, but it can perform as IT search engine and relate to security log analysis. I'm quite impress how splunk can perform the search. It's like a google installed in your own pc.

7. RSA envision - The number two? ranking in the gartner report. Not yet play with it but i hope soon.

8. Symantec SIM - Not yet have experience on it but also soon, hopefully.

That's all and i'm glad that i have the chance to experience the top number of SIEM product in this world for today market.

That's all.

:)

2 Years In The Row

To Mrs Wifey,

Yey! Happy anniversary to us!

I love u so much! Really love u from the bottom of my heart.

Love,

Your Hubby.

:D

akramabdulrahman.com

My new web photography gallery, feel free to view and comments.


http://www.akramabdulrahman.com/

thanks.

p/s: soon to move this blog also.

:)

Once In A Life Time

Notice my Lilypie for Adam today which is all appeared to be ONE (1), 1 year old, 1 month, 1 week, 1 day. Once in a life time it's happen and we captured it today! Thanks to my sister (Angah) for noticing me about it and my wife said, she already notice it since morning, haha poor me, quite busy this morning.



Well, better a bit late then never!

:)

Tamron AF 18-270mm Di II VC

I want! i want! i want!


Tamron AF 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical (IF) Macro (Model B003 N II) (Nikon AF)

http://shashinki.com/shop/tamron-18270mm-f3563-aspherical-macro-model-b003-nikon-p-2241.html?manufacturers_id=41

Review:
http://www.tamron.com/news/35mm/18270vc.asp

:P

Happy Old Day!

Happy 27th years old to me! Huuu!



Thanks Sayang for the cute & sweet cupcakes, tripod for my dslr, belt, wishes, hugs and kisses! I love you too! so much! Muah!

update:
I thought that's the only present i got, but i'm totally wrong. Theres another surprise present from my wife which is NEW DSLR NIKON D60 with Kit lens 18-55, hahaha, yahOooOoo! I got new DSLR. Now i have 2 dslr so i can move on looking for part time photographer. Ma, we can go outing together now! :P Thank you so much sayang! Really, really appreciate it! :D

Thanks also to my family, mak, abah, along and angah and to all my friends who still remember my birthday date.

Oh, i feel older now!

:D

Bicara Bestari

KURSUS BICARA BESTARI (Public Speaking), Register and booking for your place before it's full, NOW!

E-Filing 2008

Huhu, just finish up my first time filling in my tax info using e-filing system provided by LHDN. It's quite easy if you know what and how to fill in the blank but some of the box is quite confusing at least for me. With help from my friend, Kimi for guide me in filing in the box, i managed to finish and submit the form today. Thanks bro. I don't want to wait until last minutes since the due date is 30 April 2009. I start fill in the e-filing just after i got EA form from my current and previous company.

The tax summary by the system said that i just overpaid the tax, around RM1.5k, yey! Hope the LHDN will sent the money back to me a.s.a.p. Haha.

The tips is, collect all receipt if you buy books or magazines or sport equipments or life and medical insurances for your self, your parent and your family (spouse and kids) and all receipt from your study fee if you continue your degree or master or PHD and open up SSPN if your kids doesn't have one yet. Oh! And don't forget to pay zakat too! It's all counted and will help you reduce your tax payment to LHDN.

That's all.

:)

We're Back!

Yey, we're back from taken a holiday for 4 days and 3 night at Langkawi Island yesterday. Gonna take 1 day buffer day for rest at home and tomorrow will start the routine again as usual. I didn't shopping much but my wife, her mom and her sister do. The only things i bought was air asia cap (don't count i think) and the sun glasses hehe. The only thing i want to do was to ride the cable car haha. Piccas will upload soon. Enjoy!

Adam's 1 Year Old!

Happy beshday to youUUuu,
Happy beshday to youUUuhhuUu,
Happy beshday to Adam RifqieEe,
Happy beshday to youUUuu!


comotnye la anak papa ni!

Yeyyy! Today is Adam's 1st year birthday. Happy beshday my son. Harap Adam membesar dengan sihat, menjadi anak yang soleh, mendengar kata papa, mama, atuk, uwan, tok, semua makcik2 pakcik2, menjadi anak yang bijak pandai, dan segala yang baik lah. Papa dan Mama pasti akan doakan kebahagiaan, kesejahteraan anak kesayangan papa dan mama ni. Amin.

Anyway, Adam will celebrate his beshday at his skool (nursery) today since papa and mama have to go to work. Cake and party pack provided for Adam's friends too.


Tomorrow, 5 of us which is including Tok and Mak Lang will cuti-cuti Zoom Malaysia at Langkawi Island until Saturday. Yey! Hopefully all things going to be smooth and fine. We'll gonna celebrate Adam's beshday at the Island, yey!

previous: Zoom Langkawi

:D

6th Prime Minister

picture from Malaysiakini.com

Good bye Pak Lah and congratulation as you got the title "Tun" as our 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia has tendering his resignation yesterday and give the position of Prime Minister of Malaysia to his assistant which is Dato Seri Najib Tun Razak. I appreciate what you have done to our country even tough it just 5-6 years only for you to manage our country. Yes, it's not that easy to handle the country when inside the country got a lot of politics ideology and agenda but i think you still deserved to be thankful by the people of Malaysia. Good luck and all the best for your future undertaking.

Congratulation to our new Prime Minister. Hope you can bring Malaysia to the new step further and manage this country well as you got 4th Prime Minister high support. Maybe the cases that involve your name it's true or not, however, i do care if you proven guilty, please step down but if you are not, please make Malaysia safe and secure. Please be a responsible leader as you should be like that of course.

Thank you and congrats to Pak Lah and Najib.

I'm not a big fan of politics. I just want to express my gratitude and thank you to our ex Prime Minister only.

:)

Towards ISO/FF:2009

Hehe, nice title eh? This ISO is dedicated to me which is i put it as ISO/FF means Financial Freedom. Hoho. I have plan for achieving this ISO/FF. Currently even though my payslip figures quite ok for me and still we can survive, however still i'm stuck with many financial crisis such as edu loan, credit cards debts etc. Well, this is it. I will come out with my kamikaze plan to overcome my financial crisis and this need high discipline attitude and also support from people near me.

My initial plan was:

1. Eliminate all(if not all, 90% of it) credit card debts.

2. Eliminate all(if not all, 90% of it) loans including educational loan.

3. Save at least RM500-RM1000 per month from my monthly salary into ASB or Tabung Haji.

4. Invest as many as i can with any low risk investment such as Public Mutual, Fix Deposit, Unit Trust etc.

5. Any Ideas?

Huu.

Good luck to me.

:)

Earth Hour!

Even though i am not a naturalist, but at least i love my planet and this is the chance for me to contribute to save the earth from global warming instead of recycling that i'm not always do it. It's just take 60 minutes to switch off the light from anywhere you were on 28th March 2009 at 8.30pm-9.30pm. I know it's doesn't help much to reduce the global warming but at least, we done something to reduce it rather then nothing.

Your switch is your vote!

Register and contribute now!

klik www.earthhour.org now!



peace!
:)

What The #$*@!!!

Tol naik lagi after 1st March! Damn! Aku memang x lalu tol2 yang bakal naik tu sebab tol yg pagi2 aku lalu ni baru je lagi bukak. Tapi, wifey lalu tol yang akan naik tu which is SPRINT untuk pi keje hari2. So kalau 2 way dah RM2x2 = RM4x20 (hari bekerja) = RM80 damn, tu x kira minyak + monthly parking dia lagi, so secara automatic akan effect kat aku juga la nanti. Argh! Tensen2!

Isk, bila la company yang aku tunggu2 ni nak reply aku nye status. Kalau dapat tu memang aku cargas la sebab x yah tol, minyak x guna banyak, x jem, dekat ngan umah, parking x yah bayar, makan senang, pi smayang jumaat senang, etc. Huhu! Tapi x bleh nak berharap sangat, berserah kepadaNya.

Update: Oh Alhamdulillah, they said they will hold the adjustment until next year, so we need to ready for next year. I do wonder, did they really do meeting before they announce it on the media or it just a game for incoming mini election? Hmm, anyway, thank you Government.

:(

Phishing?

I received an email from "Maybank2u" that need me to login into the website and request for TAC. Haha. How i'm able to detect it was a phishing email? It's because:

1. I didn't subscribe my company email to maybank2u instead of my personal email. Yes, the email is going to my company email inbox.

2. The title was "Important Message from Mybank", see the typo. It's Maybank you stooopid!

3. The sender email was "Mybank [service@maybank2u.com.my]", yes maybe they use their own sendmail server or using 3rd party website that can create a spoof email address, but then, it's Maybank not Mybank you stooopido!

4. The receiver email is none, it' seems that they sent this email randomly. Hmm.

5. See paragraph no 4. :

"4. When you have received the TAC (Transaction Authorization Code) on your mobile phone, Log in to our secured verification server and submit the requested information(Account user ID, password and TAC).CLICK HERE to go on our secured server."

The link to secured server is going to : http://mail.gemacocards.com/www.maybank2u.com.my/index.html instead of https://www.maybank2u.com haha.

6. Of course when you click the link, Firefox 3.0 already help you to prevent you to proceed accessing the website. Thanks Firefox!

7. If you installed netcraft firefox plugin to detect any phishing site or where the site is belongs, you can see that the website is hosted in other country instead of Malaysia. Maybank is Malaysian Bank!

8. Another thing is, they do study how Maybank TAC being operated. They ask user to login first and click the request button, then Maybank will sent TAC number via your mobile number, then if the user not aware, they will enter the TAC number with user and password in the front page, auchh! Carefull everyone, maybank will not ask you to enter TAC in the front page instead of after you login to Maybank website.


That's all for now! Guys! you are intelligent enough to detect phishing email. Don't get fooled by them!

:)

Addicted!

Wah! almost a month i didn't update my blog. Really miss to write something in it! Anyway, banyak juga perkara yang best dan biasa2 berlaku dalam hidup aku selama sebulan ni. I am now addicted to jobstreet.com.my and also attending interview, tatau lah kenapa, maybe sebab saja nak test market and saja nak prove yang walaupun keje sekejap je, tapi kalau ada skills, experiences etc. still boleh convince employer untuk hire. Haha. Dulu aku pernah addicted IRC, then addicted to blogging tapi sekarang addicted to view jobstreet.com.my. Haha.

Anyway, banyak juga company yang aku dah pi interview selama aku duk kat company baru after SCAN ni, maybe around 5-6 company tapi baru 1 company yang confirm nak hire, gaji pun boleh tahan besar dia offer, tapi bila fikir balik, route nak pi keje pagi2 tu, dengan jem dan tol, ngan workload yang bakal ada, aku refuse to accept. Tak kisah lah. Anyway, i'm waiting for another company yang offer quite ok la for the position. Since the location is too near to my house and this will reduce my everyday expense. Tak ada jem, tak ada tol, tak payah bayar parking. Stability of the company pun ok la. I heard they are interested in hiring aku but still only email je baru dapat, not a phone call yet. Just waiting for their call since they want to discuss more regarding the basic salary. Anyway tak kisah lah, tunggu je lah, ada rezeki insyaAllah.

Quite busy la dengan project sekarang. Anyway project ni diorang target nak finish and kick off around early of april, hopefully dapat la finishkan sebab aku nak gerak before May kalau ada rezeki haha. Keje macam senang tapi nak kasi up semua tu kene belajar satu2 since my colleague yang dari India tu nak blah dah (tender). Ganas mamat tu, dapat offer gaji RM9K, dem, tapi kene transfer ke Brunei 2 tahun. Anyway x kisah lah, dia orang luar memang senang dapat gaji tinggi2. Local je yang susah kecuali la dapat keje kat MNC. Ohh! Rezeki masing2. Hehe.

Ok lah, final project OUM aku tak siap2 lagi proposal, Project 1 dah terlepas due date, x kisah lah, aku apply balik la project 2 nanti. En. Roslan ni pun senyap macam tak active je, nak meetup pun cam ntah bila nak jumpa. Maybe nextweek kot since aku x jadi pi Penang, kan ma? Huu. Harap2 dapat la siapkan cepat proposal ni, aku nak grad! waaa!

Ok lah, bila la HR company tu nak call aku ni, isk isk, hahahaha. Sabar je la!

:P

Adam@Malacca

Long time no update about Adam's piccas, here's the new one. Adam @ Malacca.


One happy family @ Malacca, yey! :)

For the complete story and more piccas, please visit my wifey's blog.

:)

>:< Grr!

Hi, it's been a long time since my last update right? My famous reason is, i'm busy with this world (which is Duniawi in malay/arabic). Hahaha. Today i'm still at the office, need to backup syslog files that increasing so high and the linux is just a vmware server with 8.0GB hdd being setup, wahahaha, wtf! They didn't think or expect about this in the future will happen ke? huh! Really make me so fed up with this product also with the people who implemented it before! Anyway, i just copy the syslog files to other server and rm -fr the syslog files and restart the syslog-ng again and walla, go back home la. Demmit!

Huh!

>:< grr!

ISRAEL LAKNATTULLAH!

Ya Allah, turunkan lah BALA BENCANA yang sangat DASYAT kepada ISRAEL LAKNATTULLAH itu terhadap kekejaman yang mereka lakukan terhadap rakyat Palestine!!!

Selamatkan saudara Islam kami yang berjuang menyelamatkan diri dari kekejaman ISRAEL LAKNATTULLAH itu!

Sesungguhnya Kau Maha Besar dan Maha Mengetahui ... amin!

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