1) Schneier's advice from a few years ago is still accurate: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/07/how_to_become_a_1.html https://www.schneier.com/blo

1) Schneier's advice from a few years ago is still accurate: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/07/how_to_become_a_1.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/07/how_to_become... 2) The Reddit NetSec FAQ has a good list of resources for beginners (and those starting to specialize): https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/wiki/start https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/wiki/start 3) Finally, each of these popular "Getting Started in Security" guides has a slightly different, but useful, opinion on the specifics of the path to take: https://medium.freecodecamp.org/so-you-want-to-work-in-security-bc6c10157d23 https://medium.freecodecamp.org/so-you-want-to-work-in-secur... https://danielmiessler.com/blog/build-successful-infosec-career/#gs.0udo4S8 https://danielmiessler.com/blog/build-successful-infosec-car... https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Getting-a-Start-in-the-Security-Industry/ https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Getting-... https://tisiphone.net/2015/10/12/starting-an-infosec-career-the-megamix-chapters-1-3/ https://tisiphone.net/2015/10/12/starting-an-infosec-career-...