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How Do I Start a Career in Cybersecurity?

Technology is playing an ever increasing role in our world and the demand for cybersecurity professionals has never been higher. The effort to protect data and systems is never ending and as bad actors continue to find new ways and methods of attack, cyber pros have to continuously improve their skills. If you’re interested in making a career in the dynamic field of cybersecurity, here’s a six-step roadmap guaranteed to help you secure your place in this high-demand industry.

How you can make the most out of being an IT professional

Uncategorized / By Jake Slater

When you were asked as a child what you wanted to be when you grew up, did you even know about information technology? You may have heard the term “computer science” in school, but that was usually to learn about Microsoft Word.

The importance of early cybersecurity training – Part 2

Uncategorized / By Jake Slater

In our previous post, we talked about why there is a need for more cybersecurity professionals, and we mentioned that there are cybersecurity camps for teenagers. These camps are helping younger audiences get involved in cybersecurity.

The importance of early cybersecurity training – Part 1

Uncategorized / By Jake Slater

As we all know, the cybersecurity threat landscape is changing on a daily basis. The need for finding highly trained individuals trained in this area is quite high, but given this huge demand, there is actually a severe shortage of workers in the cybersecurity industry.

How to become a cybersecurity consultant

Uncategorized / By Jake Slater

The most common job title that is also very closely tied to the cybersecurity consultant is the information security consultant. There are other, not as commonly used job titles which still refer to being a cybersecurity consultant:

The importance of cybersecurity consultants

Uncategorized / By Jake Slater

As we approach the end of the first quarter of 2019, many cybersecurity professionals are trying to predict what new threats could emerge in the remainder of the year. Many believe that phishing will still remain the top threat vector out there, but its growing levels of sophistication and covertness will greatly expand as the year goes on. It’s becoming much more difficult to tell the difference between a spoofed and an authentic website.