I get the sense the biggest obstacle to your career pivot may be the circumstances of a typical 40 year-old. You probably have bills to pay and a lot of respons

I get the sense the biggest obstacle to your career pivot may be the circumstances of a typical 40 year-old. You probably have bills to pay and a lot of responsibilities that consume your non-work time. The transition to the roles you've mentioned may require a significant period of unpaid, expensive self re-training, and if you want that re-training to end any time soon, you will want to spend a lot of hours on it. Can you handle those two things? Here's an interesting tale of someone younger than us who took a path into security from zero.[0] [0] http://blog.mallardlabs.com/zero-to-oscp-in-292-days-or-how-i-accidentally-the-whole-thing-part-2/ http://blog.mallardlabs.com/zero-to-oscp-in-292-days-or-how-...