All Products

Best Sellers

New Releases

Books

Videos

Audiobooks

Free Learning

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

Concepts

Authors (4):

Dr. Gerald Auger

Jaclyn “Jax” Scott

Jonathan Helmus

Kim Nguyen

View More author details

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

Guiding you on how to choose a career

Before deciding on your favorite cybersecurity path, let's learn how to determine if any field is right for you. The following are some recommendations to help you identify your career path:

Find your passion: Believe it or not, to be successful and satisfied with any career, you need to like it first. With that in mind, find things that interest you, keep you excited, and that you can do for a long time without feeling fed up.
For example, people who like to explore and question things tend to go for science-related fields, since the nature of those fields is to scout for new findings and discover the root causes of things.
Identify your strengths: Knowing what you are good at and leveraging them is also a good way to go about finding the best fit career for you. For example, if you are not good at arts and design but very good with math, why compete with people who are masters of design? Instead, take advantage of your mathematical...

The rest of the chapter is locked

Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!

A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.

Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days

Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of

Start free trial

Renews at $15.99/month. Cancel anytime}

Authors (4)

Dr. Gerald Auger

Dr. Gerald Auger has worked within information security since 2006 and holds a PhD in cyber operations. Gerald has helped tens of thousands of aspiring cybersecurity professionals through his "Simply Cyber" YouTube channel and is regularly interviewed for his thoughts on cybersecurity professional development. Gerald is a full-time information security practitioner, adjunct faculty at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina; chief content creator for Simply Cyber; and managing director at Coastal Information Security Group.

See other products by Dr. Gerald Auger

Jaclyn “Jax” Scott

Jaclyn "Jax" Scott is a tenured Special Operations Warrant Officer with nearly 18 years of experience working in military cyber, electronic warfare, and intelligence operations. She is the founder and content creator of Beans and Bytes tech blog, co-host of the cybersecurity podcast Hackerz and Haecksen, and the president of Outpost Gray, a cybersecurity consulting firm. Jax is an expert in military cyber policy and has led global development operations in cyber countermeasures to mitigate near-peer attacks. She is currently pursuing her master's in Cyber Intelligence at Georgetown University.

Read more

See other products by Jaclyn “Jax” Scott

Jonathan Helmus

Jonathan Helmus ("Moos1e") is a penetration tester and professor with over 10 years of experience in engineering, information security, and information technology. Jon resides in a small town right outside Seattle, Washington, where he and his family raise alpacas on their mini farm. Currently, Jon works as a freelance educator teaching topics such as pentesting, red teaming, cloud security, and vulnerability exploitation. He also works as a contract pentester and cloud security professional for clients all around the world.

See other products by Jonathan Helmus

Kim Nguyen

Kim Nguyen is a Software Engineer, with a broad background thanks to her B.S. in business administration and M.S. in computer science. Kim's day-to-day work focuses on software engineering of cloud-based technologies, while continuing her research into cybersecurity on the side. Kim is also an instructor at the City University of Seattle, where she teaches computer science courses. She is an active technical speaker and researcher at cybersecurity and computer science conferences. Kim holds several certificates, including AWS Certified Developer and CompTIA Linux+. Kim is the founder of Passion Sets Success, a platform that helps people identify their passion, to achieve the right career for them.

Read more

See other products by Kim Nguyen

Other recommended products

Related to this chapter

Cybersecurity: The Beginner's Guide

Cybersecurity: The Beginner's Guide

Cybersecurity jobs confines from basic configuration to advanced systems analysis and defense assessment. Cybersecurity: The Beginner's Guide provides thefundamental information you need to understand the basics of the field, identify your place within it, and start your Cybersecurity career.

May 2019 13 hours 12 minutes

Digital Forensics and Incident Response

Digital Forensics and Incident Response

An understanding of how digital forensics integrates with the overall response to cybersecurity incidents is a must for all organizations. This book offers concrete and detailed guidance on how to conduct the full spectrum of incident response and digital forensic activities.

Jan 2020 14 hours 56 minutes

CISSP (ISC)² Certification Practice Exams and Tests

CISSP (ISC)² Certification Practice Exams and Tests

With over 1000 practice questions, explanations of all 8 domains, and 2 full exams, this book is a fantastic exam prep solution. Take the CISSP exam (version May 2021) confidently with the help of mock questions and detailed solutions and validate your skills with the CISSP (ISC)2 certification.

Sep 2021 13 hours 12 minutes

Information Security Handbook

Information Security Handbook

Having an information security mechanism is one of the most crucial factors for any organization. Important assets of organization demand a proper risk management and threat model for security, and so information security concepts are gaining a lot of traction. This book covers the concept of information security, and shows you why it’s important.

Dec 2017 11 hours 0 minutes

Digital Forensics and Incident Response

Digital Forensics and Incident Response

The staggeringly high number of security breaches reported in the last several years stresses the importance of an organization's ability to respond to attacks promptly. With this book, you'll learn forensic techniques and incident response fundamentals to investigate such incidents in your organization.

Jul 2017 10 hours 48 minutes

Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate 200-201 Certification Guide

Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate 200-201 Certification Guide

The Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate 200-201 certification exam helps you gain the skills and knowledge needed to prevent, detect, analyze, and respond to cybersecurity incidents. This book offers complete up-to-date coverage of the 200-201 exam so you can confidently pass first time while getting hands-on cybersecurity experience.

Jun 2021 22 hours 0 minutes

Emotional Intelligence for IT Professionals

Emotional Intelligence for IT Professionals

Do you have a colleague who always seems to be organized, finishes tasks on time, meets every deadline, and that too with a smile on their face? If you ever wanted to become that IT developer/ manager/administrator who is not just a perfect employee, but also has brilliant balance and composure over their emotional intelligence, then this book is for you.

Sep 2017 9 hours 20 minutes

Hands-On Bug Hunting for Penetration Testers

Hands-On Bug Hunting for Penetration Testers

Bug bounties have quickly become a critical part of the security economy. This book shows you how technical professionals with an interest in security can begin productively—and profitably—participating in bug bounty programs.

Sep 2018 8 hours 20 minutes

Practical Cyber Intelligence

Practical Cyber Intelligence

Cyber intelligence is the missing link between your cyber defense operation teams, threat intelligence, and IT operations to provide your organization with a full spectrum of defensive capabilities. This book kicks off with the need for cyber intelligence and why it is required in terms of a defensive framework.

Mar 2018 10 hours 44 minutes

Skill Up: A Software Developer's Guide to Life and Career

Skill Up: A Software Developer's Guide to Life and Career

This book is an all-purpose toolkit for your programming career. It is split up into three main topic areas: Coder Skills, Freelancer Skills, and Career Skills to help you identify and answer the key questions and stumbling blocks that programmers encounter. It is a comprehensive guide containing more than 50 insights and methodologies that you can use to improve the work you produce, your relationships with the people you work with, and your own career.

Jul 2017 10 hours 4 minutes

Cybersecurity – Attack and Defense Strategies

Cybersecurity – Attack and Defense Strategies

Cybersecurity – Attack and Defense Strategies, Second Edition is a completely revised new edition of the bestselling book that covers the very latest security threats and defense strategies, updated for 2020.

Dec 2019 21 hours 8 minutes

Incident Response in the Age of Cloud

Incident Response in the Age of Cloud

This book is a comprehensive guide for organizations on how to prepare for cyber-attacks and control cyber threats and network security breaches in a way that decreases damage, recovery time, and costs, facilitating the adaptation of existing strategies to cloud-based environments.

Feb 2021 20 hours 44 minutes

Personalised recommendations for you

Based on your interests and search pattern

Attacking and Exploiting Modern Web Applications

Attacking and Exploiting Modern Web Applications

Attacking and Exploiting Modern Web Attacks will help you understand how to identify attack surfaces and detect vulnerabilities. This book takes a hands-on approach to implementation and associated methodologies and equips you with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively combat web attacks.

Aug 2023 11 hours 16 minutes

Automotive Cybersecurity Engineering Handbook

Automotive Cybersecurity Engineering Handbook

This Automotive Cybersecurity Engineering Handbook untangles the complexities of building secure automotive products and helps you to comply with cybersecurity standards. It provides practical tools, tips, and techniques coupled with real-world examples to enable you to create cyber-resilient automotive products with ease.

Oct 2023 13 hours 4 minutes

Official Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Security Engineer Exam Guide

Official Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Security Engineer Exam Guide

This book will help you to design, develop, and operate security controls on Google Cloud as well as discover best practices for relevant security domains, including identity and access management, network, and data.

Aug 2023 16 hours 32 minutes

Cloud Penetration Testing for Red Teamers

Cloud Penetration Testing for Red Teamers

The advent of cloud networks and the AWS, Azure, and GCP platforms has revolutionized how companies of all sizes in all industries do business online. This book will help you meet the emerging demand for pentesting as it guides you through the tools, techniques, and security measures used by pentesters and red teamers in the 2020s and beyond.

Nov 2023 9 hours 56 minutes

ISACA Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC®) Exam Guide

ISACA Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC®) Exam Guide

ISACA Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC®) Certification Guide is an enterprise IT risk management professional’s dream. With its in-depth approach and various self-assessment exercises, this book arms you with knowledge of every single aspect of the certification, and is a fantastic career companion after you’re certified.

Sep 2023 10 hours 32 minutes

Burp Suite Cookbook

Burp Suite Cookbook

Burp Suite is an immensely powerful and popular tool for web application security testing. This book provides a collection of recipes that address vulnerabilities in web applications and APIs. It offers guidance on how to configure Burp Suite, make the most of its tools, and explore into its extensions.

Oct 2023 15 hours 0 minutes

Building and Automating Penetration Testing Labs in the Cloud

Building and Automating Penetration Testing Labs in the Cloud

This hands-on guide will help you design and build a variety of penetration testing labs that mimic modern cloud environments running on AWS, Azure, and GCP. In addition to these, you will explore a number of practical strategies on how to manage the complexity, cost, and security risks involved when setting up vulnerable cloud lab environments.

Oct 2023 18 hours 44 minutes

Ethical Hacking Workshop

Ethical Hacking Workshop

As cyber-attacks grow and APT groups advance their skillset, you need to be able to protect your enterprise against cyber-attacks. In order to limit your attack surface, you need to ensure that you leverage the same skills and tools that an adversary may use to hack your environment and discover the security gaps. This book will teach you how to think like a hacker, use state-of-the-art hacking tools, and protect yourself and your organizaiton.

Oct 2023 7 hours 20 minutes

Windows Forensics Analyst Field Guide

Windows Forensics Analyst Field Guide

This book contains step-by-step processes to guide you in any investigation related to Windows OS. You’ll find out how to acquire evidence using multiple tools as well as examine and analyze the collected artifacts, while discovering multiple techniques used in real-world forensic incidents.

Oct 2023 10 hours 36 minutes

Implementing DevSecOps Practices

Implementing DevSecOps Practices

This book is a comprehensive, hands-on guide for individuals new to DevSecOps who want to implement DevSecOps practices successfully and efficiently. With its help, you’ll be able to shift security toward the left, enabling you to merge security into coding in no time.

Dec 2023 8 hours 36 minutes