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Cybersecurity Career Master Plan

By : Dr. Gerald Auger, Jaclyn “Jax” Scott, Jonathan Helmus, Kim Nguyen
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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
10
Section 3: Now You're in; Time to Level Up!

Summary

As you can see, there are so many ways to get into cybersecurity and even more different domains on how to get into cybersecurity. You must take the information discussed in this chapter and link it to your own timeline on what certifications you want to get, what type of career you want in cybersecurity, and how you want to apply that knowledge.

To recap this chapter, you should now understand the following:

  • The various cybersecurity certifications
  • That different degrees build different skillsets
  • The importance of building home labs
  • The importance of networking with others
  • Understanding that continuous learning is part of the cybersecurity journey

In the next chapter, we are going to be diving into how you can get hands-on experience without actually having to be on the job.