Some tips on how to get started in cybersecurity and how I learned Cybersecurity Domain Map: / cybersecurity-domain-m... Certification Roadmap: pauljerimy.com/security-certi...
Been watching your content for a few years. I went to school for CS but ended up in a non-cs IT job. Proud to say I started my new job as a cyber security analyst 6 months ago and loving it so far. Can't wait to grow in this field.
@@RageGamer15 I also have a CS job essentially I have a set of sites and Im responsible for running scans of all kinds. Credentialed Scans, Advanced Scans, Nmap Scans searching for 0 days, different exploits, and programming solutions after coming to a consensus with my company about the most precise way to protect sites. I would get real proficient at your linux fundmentals and programming . I would also reccomend you get real familiar with Networking/Internet protocols as this is the backbone of how the internet works and understanding the different protocols and things like OSPF and Trunking/ How to Subnet// Cisco commands ect maybe some malware analysis if you want to specialize in that field. Just take it on your own pace and don't expect to understand everything overnight or like you will ever reach a point of knowing it all because theres just too damn much to learn and discover . I am one man and this part of Cybersecurity could be completely different from your own journey but just don't be afraid to google and read a lot. This job is for lifelong learners and people who know how to learn and stack that knowledge/skillset and even the best are still researching on google. Enjoy the ride and try not to compare yourself to anyone else as like many will tell you. Everyone has a different journey/path into this industry. I won a gold medal on the National College level for internetworking and was offered my 1st job with that a CS degree and certs like CCNA but again thats my journey and mileage will vary. Good luck and hope this helps
Never stop learning. Never be afraid to start learning, or learning more. I see too many people wanting to get started as an ethical hacker, or infosec professional, or general programmer, or gamedev- who see video courses here on YT with title like "C++ in 4 hours- full course for beginners!", and think they will magically be a master after watching the video one time. You won't if you are truly a beginner. Each one is a step, and the journey can be long- there is always more to learn. Though they can be quite useful for helping you see if that "thing" is really the thing you want to focus on or specialize in. If it is-great! Keep going, keep taking steps forward. If it isn't- try something else. Sometimes the thing you are or will be good at isn't obvious until you try it.
Just to reframe it a bit differently, one MUST LEARN TO BE RESOURCEFUL. No matter what IT industry you are in, no once can or will take you by the hand. Be curious and have fun. Don't stress or overthink things. And take one step at a time.
It's nice to hear your voice again. I mean that in like a brotherly way, although you hardly know me... I've always wanted a brother like you and I am very proud of the man you have become.
🤯🤯🤯 - I always felt that when I had more questions then answers, I was not part of the conversation, which would flag me into a pit... Thank you for that insight!!
I just navigated here after seeing your interview with David Bombal, and after watching this I am very glad I ended up here! Thank you for this video and for the way you put emphasis on how to learn instead of the typical “ do x, y and z certifications”! Truly loved it and it has given me a new way of looking at the whole thing! Thank you ☺️
This is absolutely true in software development as well. I have friends that say "How do I get a job in software, where do I learn" I tell them to pick a tech and start playing with it like working on an open source project. I think these types of fields are not something just anyone can learn. You most importantly have to have curiosity. If you have enough curiosity you will learn it all.
This is one of the smartest explanations of solid foundational learning I've ever seen, and I've been through certs, college, and grad school! Where were you when I started learning as a child?!!! 😉 Excellent video. Truly!
Ive been doing cybersecurity research and teaching myself for the past 3 years it took a good year to get over the "learning linux to a degree that i could use the terminal and its utilities well" that opened a lot more doors after that i got my Comptia A+ which by this point was easy because a lot of the concepts that were covered were things id learned by teaching myself I am just now after 3+ years getting into more complicated techniques like firmware extraction and REST API exploitation on IOT devices and i would say i still have a ton to learn but what id say to those starting out is not to wait for resources to come to you, you have the whole wide internet and resources like hack the box and vms to teach yourself with yeah there is going to be a hill your gonna have to climb to get to a level of competency that you can just look at any resource and instantly get what its telling you i still have times that i run into concepts i dont understand at first but the key is persistence not everything is going to work like magic hacking takes a lot of time to learn as a skill and a lot of time to do as a practice also remember your not alone and that there is a community of like minded people who will jump at the opportunity to help you with things that are out of the scope of what you normally do.
Thank you for this video. I've been struggling to get into the field. This helped me to understand that I need to take a step back and be intentional and ok with small steps. I appreciate you for this. I really do
@@MalwareTechBlog Understandable, things haven't been 'normal' for quite a long time. Would you like to come as guest on a podcast that's not super popular right now? If it's a new podcast and getting started
I have just started school at my local community college for CS and so far I am enjoying learning about computers. I am brand new into the tech field, I went to culinary school to be a chef and worked in restaurants for 8 years. I finally decided to quit and move onto something new because of how much I hated it. It's exhausting to be a chef and in the long run it's not worth it for me. So far I have taken two classes, my first class was informatics fundamentals. I learned quite a bit in that class, but the class I just finished was IT Support Essentials 1 and I learned a ton of new stuff about computers. I am excited to learn more. I just built my first computer for my living room and I loved it, I was proud of myself for building it by myself. It only took me about 2 hours to fully build it and I enjoyed it so much. I have always enjoyed building stuff and working with my hands. I am so excited to learn more, my next class is computing logic and to be honest I am a little afraid lol because I know nothing about programming and coding. But we all start somewhere and at least I am taking the steps in order to learn something brand new. Thanks for the tips :)
This is a fantastic articulation of how to get started and keep going. My own journey was very similar. Many years on, I still take physical notes of everything I don't know, it's the best way to fill in the gaps I haven't learned yet, and the secret to being a pro at something and staying up-to-date in a fast changing landscape.
I think that one of the best things about self-studying cybersecurity and IT is that it forces you to reverse engineer each topic and trace each topic back to its foundational roots, since being able to reverse engineer is a valuable IT/cybersecurity skillset
I bounced around quite a bit over last few years and eventually settled on studying for N+. Some personal setbacks/delays and just recently decided on the CCNA. I like the troubleshooting/config stuff. I'm looking to get into the IT part.
In late 2022 we see around 500+ major certifications one can spend money, to cover most of the cybersecurity scope. Besides money (will cost a company millions to get their staff fully certified) most of the stuff learned on this will be outdated before being used first time. So, after getting my feet wet in this domain, I came to my personal conclusion, that the most important thing to get professional in cybersecurity is to know how to do research and how to collaborate and share customized know-how efficiently with your industry-peers and cs-specialists in real-time. And this, my dear C-level folks, is not necessarily something people will have, who have chosen to spend time on certification rather than spending their time on getting into professional knowledge networks and learn and practice the latest tools for remot cooperation and dealing with permanent changing complexity. Maybe - with the professional CS-pool dry, it is time, to look for some alternative recruiting areas: I currently have found many interesting folks with the right talents and mindset among MTG-players and ScienceFiction-authors - just to give you an example.
I always remind people not to go crazy with certifications, if you really want them then wait until you get an employer who will pay for them for you. Only ones I ever recommend to people before their first job is Sec+ and/or cissp to get them in the door if anything.
@@hackerprincess8810 depends on their history, if they're just out of collage get sec+, if they're someone who's already experienced in a related field (IT, development, network engineer, etc...) and wants to change industries they have the background to just get an advanced cert to facilitate the jump.
@@neloangelo__13 if you're changing industries then ya. For people with advanced education and skills in a related field getting a more advanced cert to make that transition more smooth can be helpful. If you've been a network engineer for 20 years sec+ won't be helpful for you, your education and work experience already cover it.
My 12 year old son is very interested in hacking and is always looking at videos and reading up on the subject, I do track what he's doing. My goal is to guide him in the direction of cybersecurity, any suggestion to help me get him interested?
I worked for 6 years doing everything from helpdesk stuff to sysadmin, IAM, configuring new environments, etc. (yay small companies). I wonder if that's a solid foundation to build upon going forward in my career, cybersec has always been interesting to me 🤔
it can but at the same time not really. In the sense that it's completely different, but at the same time you have a huge advantage than those who dont have any IT skills. You saying you've worked as a sysadmin probably means you're fairly familiar with linux. That's usually more than enough to get you started with cybersecurity. Learning networking is usually the best next step after learning how to use linux. If you have those two, then you're pretty much ready to start tbh
If I can ask; why is it not aready done with a dragon naturally speaking type of spoken programming? Like I would already have a stack of line just because it is open source. Can handicapped people be hackers?
I disagree with the first point of "trying to narrow down" since absolute beginners don't even know what exists out there and frankly there's no point of learning the differences at early stage. My only advise is - start anywhere you like and just go from there, it's like a jungle waiting to be explored! Just pick a "high level" topic and start anywhere from there, let curiosity guide you through it: - Networking - Operation systems : - Mathematics, Algorithms and cryptography - Web (Browsers, JS, V8, etc...) - Programming (C/C++/C#/JAVA/Python/Rust/ anything goes) Once you are comfortable in a topic, just pick books/ video tutorials/ courses/ etc... For people that seek challenge and actually invest time - learn C/Assembly, Networking, Web(JS/HTML) and OS (Linux+windows)
Yup: who are always the attackers you hear about: Russians Ukrainians people in India: Do they have $ for certs=no: How do they learn? What else are they going to do with their time? Also: If you have a sudden problem to solve with Kali: Who has usually uploaded a RU-vid video on how to fix it? = Someone from India.
