In two previous blog posts, I shared the non-traditional cybersecurity career paths of more than a dozen professionals and how their previous life experiences shaped their security work. It’s been an honor helping to tell these individuals’ stories. We conclude this blog series with a final installment in which these same cybersecurity professionals share advice on how people can find their own way into the industry.
David Hoyt | Security Researcher
“Quality and security assurance is a wide open, full throttle industry that needs educated people to help identify potential risks to consumers. If you like to read, learn and experiment with a computer, quality and security assurance may be the right industry for a career.”
Caitlin Kiska | Information Security Engineer (Threat Intelligence)
“Cybersecurity is a HUGE tent and there are multiple areas in it for people from related fields. Risk, sales engineering and even threat intelligence have lots of crossover with non-traditional-entryway-to-tech fields. That being said, the gatekeepers who think everyone needs to meet an almost impossible bar of technical knowledge for entry tend to be unabashedly loud. Be prepared to need to prove them wrong.
“Lastly, look into the turnover numbers for multiple positions in cybersecurity. Incident response and security operations center work are known for being very high-stress niches. Be honest with yourself about ..
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