Breaking into Cybersecurity

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Hi everyone,I recently saw a TikTok that introduced me to this website. Fairly new grad here, I graduated in May of 2022. My major was Business with a concentration in Management Information Systems (MIS). I landed my first salary job working for a software company. I started in Customer Success and recently got promoted to Product Support. However, I am eager to transition into another field. If anyone has any advice on how to break into cybersecurity, please advise!Nothing is irrelevant! I would love to know about any entry level job openings, necessary certifications, salary expectations, interview tips, best companies to work for, etc. Anything would help me more than you'll ever know!

SteelFoxglove · Accepted Answer

TryHackMe.com is one of the best learning resources out there, can take you from Zero to Hero. They have a free version, and if you decide you like it and want more, it’s 10 bucks a month, cancel anytime

Unless you have a very specific reason, I generally avoid recommending cyber security bootcamps, they usually prepare you for the Sec+ and there are just TONS of amazing free resources in addition to the official CompTIA certmaster learning material.

Boot camps can go for 10k with all kinds of wild promises. The cert to test is around 450 ish dollars if I recall.

Professor Messer on YouTube should be required material, is so good and solid, oh and free.

So much more to talk about depending on what you are interested in, it’s a very large field, saying you want to break into cyber is like saying you want to break into cars.

Do you like fixing cars? Do you like selling cars? Do you like building Cars, the analogy goes on and on.

bcneco · Answer

I don't have exp in cybersecurity specifically, but these tips helped me as I was transitioning industries from education to tech! Hope they help you:

- Join communities, chat with people on LinkedIn. Got the first step right here, hopefully other folks can chime in to help with more specifics! But tech is cool because so many people know it's a grind of an industry and are willing to help out.

- Find interesting job descriptions and postings and take a look at the requirements there. That gave me really good leads on what companies look for with regard to certs and skills.

- Practice! Bootcamps and other online courses (some free, some not) are useful and can be a great skill builder.

Best of luck!

NinjaSchoolProfessor · Answer

Reddit is going to be one of the best places to find learning material related to this and other IT topics. Don’t simply go there and ask the same question, search for what you’re looking for and hang out for a while to make sure it hasn’t been asked in the last few months and then ask.

Chigozie Asikaburu · Answer

I wrote an article about my experience breaking into cybersecurity: https://medium.com/@chigozie-asikaburu/how-i-studied-for-my-amazon-security-engineer-l4-interview-822bd8dec898

In that article, you'll be able to see everything I knew in order to land a job 👍🏽.

I do agree with the other person that mentioned reddit. Reddit is an amazing tool. I actively browse r/cybersecurity and there's plenty of great tips. r/cscareerquestions is also an amazing subreddit I browse regularly.

NinjaSchoolProfessor · Answer

Reddit is going to be one of the best places to find learning material related to this and other IT topics. Don’t simply go there and ask the same question, search for what you’re looking for and hang out for a while to make sure it hasn’t been asked in the last few months and then ask.

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