What advice would you give people looking to enter cybersecurity?
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Information Security Officer in Governmenta year ago
Some folks may want to go for contract positions because that gives them an opportunity to experience different companies. They might gain an interest in one of those companies and want to become full-time staff there. I've seen that where I work. We've got a lot of contracted systems administrators and one of them that I've been working with decided he wanted to leave MIT and apply to Harvard. He found that he would be a better fit there because they've got an engineering position and it's full-time with benefits. So I would encourage newcomers to apply for a contract position to get started. Senior VP & CISOa year ago
some good tips -- How to get into cybersecurity with no experience | TechTargetCISO in Software6 months ago
Be an expert of a given area of (software) development first as this provides a great foundation to start from and grow from. Principle Consultant in IT Services6 months ago
Cybersecurity is a wide field. Start with an area that interests you and explore it from learning and doing. Then be as flexible as you can as something might cause you to shift what you are doing. For example, I had an opportunity to help with a cybersecurity incident and I jumped right in and it lead me to some interesting experiences.