How to Get Started in Cybersecurity?
These days we are more dependent on the Internet, online shopping, banking etc. Getting access to privileged credentials and accounts is what cyber attackers nearly always focus on. And unfortunately, nowadays, malware damage, like Phishing Attacks or Virus Malware is quite wide-spread.
Cybersecurity plays a crucial role in our lives currently, because it safeguards any type of data against loss. Cybersecurity protects all categories of data from theft and damage. Individuals, businesses and organizations invest a lot of money in quality cybersecurity in order to protect their data and assets from anyone.
What are the benefits of managing cybersecurity?
Thanks to cybersecurity the individual or the organization will have improved information security and business continuity management. They will ensure the protection of networks and data from any unauthorized access. The security control will be solid.
An effective cybersecurity management will prevent the business from a revenue loss. The cost of data breach may take years to recover. The right management will as well protect and maintain the reputation of the business.
Another benefit is the reduction of the downtime. Whether you are dealing with a phishing attack or ransomware, it can make you lose hours of time to tackle. Hence, hours of downtime for your business. While downtime itself may prevent clients from reaching the customer service, the employees will become unproductive as the organization itself.
These are the main benefits of cybersecurity management.
So, do you want to get started in Cybersecurity? The main question here is:
- How to get started in cybersecurity?
- Where to start?
- What to do in the first place not to get confused in the new world you want to step in?
- Where to find entry-level positions?
In this article you will find the answers. You will understand how to get into the sphere with less stress. You will also understand if the sphere of technology with constant learning and passion corresponds to you or not.
How to get a job in cybersecurity?
There are a few steps to take in order to start your path in the long but interesting way of the sphere.
#1 Passion should be the first step on your path
It may seem simple, but without passion you will fail on the first stage of your career. The Cybersecurity field covers every technology created as well as every misconfiguration.
Passion is vital, because you will have to learn new things all the time and follow how the things change in front of your eyes. So, it’s not what you know, it’s how you adapt to changes and news.
If you are passionate about security and newer types of cyber attacks, you will read more books and articles, listen to new podcasts and learn as much as you can. Virus, Trojan, Worms, Malvertising etc.: you have to get to know these terms and how they work in general.
#2 Figure out your own interests
If you do not understand your likes and dislikes, passion towards a topic, you will hardly ever set a goal and find your dream job. So, before thinking about a job or a career in the world of cybersecurity, think if it is ever a good fit for you.
Cybersecurity is not as simple as it seems. It is vast: there is forensics, penetration testing, incident response, cloud security and more. These are all a part of what makes it interesting, but also overwhelming. This is why you should understand where your interests lie and whether you will be able to handle this in the future.
If you have decided that you are deeply interested in the topic, congrats!
#3 What is your current background?
Think about your educational and work experiences. What have you been trained for?
Revise your past jobs and remember what you enjoyed while doing them and what frustrated you. For example, if you are a developer, do you like planning, coding or debugging the most? If you love debugging, you would make a fantastic reverse engineer.
#4 Assess your technical skills
Risk assessment and management
This is one of the most necessary skills a cyber security specialist can have. It includes such tasks as identifying possible vulnerabilities and threats and analyzing the risks the organization faces. It assures that the measures taken by the organization correspond to the organization’s risks.
Authentication
This is the procedure of ascertaining the user’s identity, allowing them access to the digital resources. This is one of the most important skills you will need in a cybersecurity career. As a cybersecurity professional you will need to create new authentication schemes and audit the older ones to see if they work properly.
Information systems
This regards to how the information is gathered, processed and maintained in and out of the organization. You should understand what operations are done on the basis of this data. It will help you identify the breaches.
Soft skills
Some soft skills like teamwork, communication, presentation and problem solving skills will be necessary in order to enter the field.
#5 Take a high-quality course
BDG in collaboration with EasyDmarc is organizing the “Become an Email Security Engineer: Start Your Journey in Cybersecurity with EasyDmarc” course. As a result of this course you will obtain fundamental and practical knowledge on email security, current cyber attacks and the best ways to deal with them. This basic understanding of the topic will let you find an entry-level job in the cybersecurity field. Depending on your final marks you will get the perfect opportunity to work at EasyDmarc as an Email Security Support Engineer.
