[Verse 1]
Five months of night-owl reading, coffee gone cold,
GICSP glitters, the gold standard, we're told,
But that tuition tag could buy a used canoe,
So I sign for ISA six-two-four-three, cheaper and true,
Fundamentals badge, recognized clear up in Canada's line,
Self-funded scholar, counting every dime.
[Chorus]
Zertifikat in der Hand, Beweis in meinem Blick,
Zone and conduit, das ist der Trick,
Segment the water, segment the trust,
Bulwark the pipeline — that's a rampart, a must,
Ich zeig' dir, ich beweis' dir, look what I built,
Credential and proof, kein Zweifel, kein Schuld.
[Verse 2]
Picture Ontario, a fictional town, Elm Creek Bay,
Pumps and PLCs humming through the gray,
I sketch out six zones on paper, careful and tall,
A bulwark between them — that wall guards it all,
Conduits connecting only what needs to speak,
Ten fixes on my roadmap, patching every leak,
From default passwords to a firewall left unmanned,
Threat model finished, segmentation diagram in hand.
[Chorus]
Zertifikat in der Hand, Beweis in meinem Blick,
Zone and conduit, das ist der Trick,
Segment the water, segment the trust,
Bulwark the pipeline — that's a rampart, a must,
Ich zeig' dir, ich beweis' dir, look what I built,
Credential and proof, kein Zweifel, kein Schuld.
[Verse 3]
CCTX shares the whispers of the wolves at the gate,
SANS ICS Summit streams free, so I don't wait,
YouTube glow at midnight, engineers talk shop,
My local ISA section — the questions never stop,
Mentors trade their scars like coins across a table,
Community's the conduit that keeps the green grid stable.
[Verse 4]
No corner office window, just a desk lamp and a chair,
No alphabet of letters trailing off into the air,
But I know a Purdue model like I know my own two hands,
I know why the historian sits outside the OT lands,
I've read the breach reports till the acronyms make sense,
Ukraine's grid, the substation, the cost of a thin defense,
So when they ask my pedigree, I'll show the work instead,
A binder full of diagrams, not just a line I've read.
[Bridge]
Not the gold-plated badge, just the honest proof,
A design that holds when someone tests the roof,
Ich bin bereit, I'm building something real,
Wasserwerk, Stromnetz — das ist wie ich fühl'.
[Chorus]
Zertifikat in der Hand, Beweis in meinem Blick,
Zone and conduit, das ist der Trick,
Segment the water, segment the trust,
Bulwark the pipeline — that's a rampart, a must,
Ich zeig' dir, ich beweis' dir, look what I built,
Credential and proof, kein Zweifel, kein Schuld.
[Outro]
Zone für Zone, Beweis in der Hand,
Six months later, guarding my own land,
Ten-item roadmap, the capstone stands,
No canoe money spent, just calloused, steady hands.