The Insider's Guide to Launching and Accelerating Your Cybersecurity Career
Cybersecurity is one of the world's fastest growing, most exciting fields--but that doesn't mean it's easy to enter the industry and succeed. Now, there's a complete guide to creating a great cybersecurity career, whether you are migrating to cybersecurity from another field or are already a cybersecurity professional.
Building a Career in Cybersecurity doesn't teach detailed technical skills you can get from a thousand books and videos. Instead, Yuri Diogenes focuses on make-or-break knowledge you won't find elsewhere: personal strategy, planning, process, mindset, and the critical "soft skills" today's employers are desperate to find.
Diogenes is your perfect guide: he's been there and done it all. He is Principal PM Manager for a cybersecurity team at Microsoft, hiring the next generation of practitioners. He's also a professor for a bachelor's degree program in cybersecurity, where he prepares students to become cybersecurity professionals. Diogenes will show you exactly what leaders like him are looking for, and mentor you step-by-step through getting started and moving forward.
Don’t learn "the hard way" by making costly career mistakes. Get this book, and build your plan to win!
- Assess your "fit," skills, motivation, and readiness
- Compare the industry's career paths, and decide what to aim for
- Create a game plan: fill skill gaps, set timelines, create a portfolio, and target the right certs
- Build a cloud-based lab to hone your modern technical skills
- Develop a network that puts you in the right place at the right time
- Prepare to ace your interview
- Treat your employer as your customer, and overcome obstacles to success
- Get work-life balance right, so you can stay passionate about what you're doing
- Grow in your career, even if you're working remotely
- Plan your next moves, and get more valuable as the industry evolves
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Foreword.....................................................................
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Introduction.................................................................
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Acknowledgments..............................................................
........................................... xvii
About the
Author.......................................................................
.................................... xvii
I STARTING YOUR CAREER IN CYBERSECURITY........................ 1
1 The Cybersecurity Universe 3
Cybersecurity
Careers......................................................................
.................. 4
Cybersecurity Roles and
Responsibilities.............................................. 5
Summary......................................................................
........................................... 23
2 Establishing a Plan 25
Explore Your Current
Skills.......................................................................
.. 26
Create Your
Plan.........................................................................
........................ 30
Cybersecurity
Certifications...............................................................
....... 34
Summary......................................................................
.......................................... 44
3 Building Your Lab 45
Lab
Requirements.................................................................
............................ 46
Creating Your
Lab..........................................................................
................... 49
Self-Assessment..............................................................
................................... 60
Summary......................................................................
.......................................... 63
4 Networking 65
Networking in
Cybersecurity................................................................
.... 66
Online
Presence.....................................................................
............................ 73
Searching for a
Job..........................................................................
................. 77
Summary......................................................................
.......................................... 82
5 Interview 83
Technical and soft
skills.......................................................................
......... 84
Interview
process......................................................................
........................ 84
Final
decision.....................................................................
................................. 93
Summary......................................................................
.......................................... 95
II ON THE
JOB..........................................................................
......................................... 97
6 Your Employer Is Your Customer 99
Cybersecurity Goes Beyond
Technology......................................... 100
Responsibilities and
Expectations........................................................ 103
Entrepreneur
Mindset......................................................................
........... 106
Summary......................................................................
........................................ 109
7 Dealing with Obstacles 111
Obstacles in
Cybersecurity................................................................
....... 112
Work-Life Balance in
Cybersecurity................................................... 119
Summary......................................................................
........................................ 126
8 Growing in Your Career as a Remote Worker 127
The Growth of Remote
Workers........................................................... 128
Making an Impact as a Remote
Worker........................................... 131
Summary......................................................................
........................................ 137
9 What's Next in Your Career? 139
Moving Up or Moving
Laterally?.......................................................... 140
Upcoming Cybersecurity
Opportunities.......................................... 144
Keep Moving Forward
.............................................................................
.. 148
Summary......................................................................
........................................ 148
10 Owning a Cybersecurity Business 149
Knowing More about the Guest
Authors......................................... 150
Stepping Stones to Flying
Solo............................................................... 152
Paula Januszkiewicz's Keys to Entrepreneurial Success.......... 153
David Kennedy: Starting from the Ground Up...........................
158
Summary......................................................................
........................................ 160
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Yuri Diogenes has a master of science in cybersecurity intelligence and forensics investigation from UTICA College and is working on his Ph.D. in cybersecurity leadership from Capitol Technology University. Yuri has been working at Microsoft since 2006 and is a principal PM manager for the Customer Experience Engineering Defender for Cloud team, where he manages a global team of product managers focusing on cloud security posture management and workload protection. Yuri has published more than 30 books, mostly about information security and Microsoft technologies. Yuri is also a professor at EC-Council University, where he teaches in the cybersecurity bachelor's program. Yuri also has an MBA and many IT/Security industry certifications, such as CISSP, MITRE ATT&CK Cyber Threat Intelligence Certified, E|CND, E|CEH, E|CSA, E|CHFI, CompTIA Security+, CySA+, Network+, CASP, and CyberSec First Responder. You can follow Yuri on Twitter at @yuridiogenes.
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