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  • angrynomad
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    2 years ago

    Having minimal professional IT experience, yet an IT degree, what should I focus on to get into the cybersecurity field?

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      2 years ago

      Which part of it-security do you want to become a part of? It’s a huge field with loads of roles and specialities. For entry level, a soc is probably the easiest. Pentesting is the most popular, but also not a jr. Role in my eyes.

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        2 years ago

        Definitely pentesting, but looking at this job market, I can’t even land a helpdesk role. At this point anything…but I’d prefer remote, as there’s nothing near me.

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      2 years ago

      Got your 3 C’s right here --> Code, Cloud, Collection (and by collection I mean document what you learn in a blog or GitHub or something). For coding, I’d say go with Python and for cloud, get a free AWS account and learn the basics.

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        2 years ago

        Familiar with the 2, just need to create now I guess