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Cybersecurity Career Master Plan

You're reading from  Cybersecurity Career Master Plan

Product type Book
Published in Sep 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801073561
Pages 280 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Authors (4):
Dr. Gerald Auger Dr. Gerald Auger
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Jaclyn “Jax” Scott Jaclyn “Jax” Scott
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Jonathan Helmus Jonathan Helmus
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Kim Nguyen Kim Nguyen
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Preface 1. Section 1: Getting Started with Cybersecurity
2. Chapter 1: New Career in Cyber… "Who Dis?" 3. Chapter 2: Which Career Field Is Best for You? 4. Section 2: Your Path into the Industry
5. Chapter 3: Different Strokes for Different Folks 6. Chapter 4: Exploring Certifications and College 7. Chapter 5: Getting Hands-On Experience with No Experience 8. Chapter 6: Time to Brand Yourself – Not the Burning Type 9. Chapter 7: How to Land a Jay-Oh-Bee! 10. Section 3: Now You're in; Time to Level Up!
11. Chapter 8: Giving Back to Others and Yourself 12. Chapter 9: Trusting the Process 13. Assessments 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Determining your brand and story

Understanding your purpose and vision will allow you to understand your brand. Your brand is the story you want the world to see. Therefore, if your vision and purpose are not clear, it will be challenging to figure out your online presence/brand. Most people who lack vision have a social media feed that looks like an unchaperoned child in a candy store. That child is going everywhere, high on life with no path or reason. In the world of social media, more postings are not always better. Instead, the post/content should be brand-focused and consistent.

Think of your feed as a personality, and that personality is driven by what you feed it. Many people will evaluate you by your feed. Let me ask you, what do you think when you see someone who is posting cat memes, ice bucket challenges, and occasionally save the alpacas? I am certain your first thought is not, "Wow, this person is really knowledgeable about InfoSec. I would love to ask them...

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