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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
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Section 3: Now You're in; Time to Level Up!

Landing an interview (and acing it)

Previously in this chapter, guidance on job hunting and résumé preparing was provided. In this section, we will move on to the next step: getting ready for an interview!

Generally, there are several routes that are included in the whole process of landing a job, as shown in the following diagram:

Figure 7.15 – Hiring process

As there are many steps involved, and the pressure can be overwhelming, you should start applying for jobs as early as possible, to get familiar with the whole process and master it over time. This is where groups D and E in the list of dream companies we created in the Ranking the searches section come to good use. Start by applying for the companies in groups D and E and try to gain as much interviewing experience as possible with those companies. Then, slowly try with companies in group C. This can be great practice for the future, when you are ready to apply for your group...