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If you get decent at 3/4 of this list, you're in the top 5% of infosec professionals. Not that knowing all of these is bad, but you do not need to have all of t
by unethical_ban 5y ago
If you get decent at 3/4 of this list, you're in the top 5% of infosec professionals. Not that knowing all of these is bad, but you do not need to have all of these skills to be a well paid, in-demand infosec worker. It also depends on what subfield you're going in.
Are you going to be the only Infosec person at a small company? You need to know a lot more breadth than if you're going to be the email security gateway admin at a behemoth bank.
- R0b0t1 5y agoHow do you prove you know these things to a potential employer? A lot of businesses in this area are looking for credentials. A lot of competent people do not have credentials, and the credentials that do exist aren't very good anyway.
- unethical_ban 5y agoThat goes beyond this one industry - the resume filter of HR departments is a tough gauntlet to get through. You'll have to start with intro level jobs, get certified by a decent org (AWS security, SANS, or maybe some "code academy" like cyber courses. And be able to talk about your home lab and interests.