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Cybersecurity Career Master Plan

By : Dr. Gerald Auger, Jaclyn “Jax” Scott, Jonathan Helmus, Kim Nguyen
Book Image

Cybersecurity Career Master Plan

By: Dr. Gerald Auger, Jaclyn “Jax” Scott, Jonathan Helmus, Kim Nguyen

Overview of this book

Cybersecurity is an emerging career trend and will continue to become increasingly important. Despite the lucrative pay and significant career growth opportunities, many people are unsure of how to get started. This book is designed by leading industry experts to help you enter the world of cybersecurity with confidence, covering everything from gaining the right certification to tips and tools for finding your first job. The book starts by helping you gain a foundational understanding of cybersecurity, covering cyber law, cyber policy, and frameworks. Next, you’ll focus on how to choose the career field best suited to you from options such as security operations, penetration testing, and risk analysis. The book also guides you through the different certification options as well as the pros and cons of a formal college education versus formal certificate courses. Later, you’ll discover the importance of defining and understanding your brand. Finally, you’ll get up to speed with different career paths and learning opportunities. By the end of this cyber book, you will have gained the knowledge you need to clearly define your career path and develop goals relating to career progression.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
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Section 1: Getting Started with Cybersecurity
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Section 2: Your Path into the Industry
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Section 3: Now You're in; Time to Level Up!

What burnout is and how to avoid it

You know that feeling when you are passionate about something, and then you start to lose interest in it – even though you still really want to enjoy it? Often, this type of lifeless feeling can make us feel exhausted and be unable to participate in what we love. For example, perhaps you really love playing chess, but you have dived so deep into playing the game with no breaks that it has made you feel exhausted. Additionally, perhaps you have played through the exhaustion and used substances to help push through.

This example of the chess-playing scenario is an indicator of burnout. Burnout is a phase of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by extreme and extended stress over a period of time. It happens when you feel defeated, emotionally drained, and powerless to meet endless demands. In the case of the chess scenario, the game was played over a prolonged period of time, without any breaks. This could cause mental exhaustion...