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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!

Indicators of a toxic environment

Toxic work environments can leave you feeling tired, unfulfilled, or even worthless (harsh but true) when it comes to your professional and personal life. This tends to take a toll on us physically, and can even affect us mentally. In today's cyber work environment, it is easy to get overworked because there tends to always be a problem that needs solving, and never enough time to solve it:

Figure 8.3 – Toxicity

Toxicity in the workplace may not look like someone constantly yelling at you or giving you unrealistic deadlines. In fact, a lot of toxicity within the workplace is very subtle and may not even impact you in the way you think. The following are some indicators of a toxic work environment and how you can remove yourself professionally without burning any bridges. 

Exclusion and gossip 

We have learned over the years that there is no room for gossip within the workplace. This doesn't...