How I Got Into Cyber Security Without a Degree or Fancy Certificates
This article will sum up the past 4 years of my life.
I remember someone telling me “It’s not what you know but who you know”. This stayed with me for as long as i can remember. This is not absolute but does make up a huge part of this story.
TL;DR
Basically, getting into Cyber Security entails the following:
- Finding out what interests you
- Spending a lot of time building a foundation in that ‘interest’ (e.g. pentesting, vulnerability research, ICS/SCADA systems, etc.)
- Building Confidence → which is equivocal to how much evidence you output. This can be projects, credentials, talks, blogs, etc.
- Connecting and building a strong network
1. Finding out what you’re interested in… But how?
One needs to understand what it is that they find themselves interested in. This challenge can be solved by asking a few simple questions like:
- What do you find takes so much...
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