Firstly, information comes in various forms, electronic or digital data is one form of data and solely what cybersecurity focuses on, which makes it a subset of information security. After all, "cybersecurity" will not help the vaican secure its scrolls they absolutely want to keep confidential in their backroom cabinets. Secondly, cybersecurity is not IT. They are miles apart. IT folks don;t know security. I come from IT and software engineering and did not know cybersecurity until I actually went into it. IT owns and runs the infrastructure, IS (information security) advises, audits, and reports on what IT does. Hence why the CIO and CSO are ideally on the same executive level especially so IS can be objective in its work and both report up. Thirdly, folks intending to sidestep the foundational knowledge to information security will not do well and are not needed in this field. People who embrace the process to attain the necessary background first are who are neeed and do well. "Being able to talk" isn't enough. I've heard people open their mouths and made everyone wonder how they got here and next thing they're thrown out. Further, it's interesting when people claim you can get into cybersecurity without the necessary tech background. How do you know how to secure data when you have no clue what data is or the underlying media where it resides or how it moves and how it can be encrypted as it does. "IT" background is not the requirement. It is a "tech" background, which can be IT, software development/engineering, database architect, etc, I've heard it from recruiters over and over again that they are having to weed out folks who don;t have the background because many people are following this same advise. People g get cybersecurity college degrees only to find out that they still need the experience and certs. Jumping straight to cybersecurity is esentially trying to sidestep the tech experience. Computer Science is a degree that will give you the foundational introduction in various areas in tech. A college where I worked as an IT personnel, where students were taking cybersecurity degree courses without the requisite tech background srtuglled through it. When your techer uses technology tersm you have no clue what it is or does and you want to be charged with securing it is a joke! I've seen people who worm their way in get thrown out after being found out that they don't have the necessary background. These ridiculous messages need to stop. You can't secure what you have a knowledge of!

Maybe its because you spelled teacher wrong 😂😂😂 jk but your tone seems like your telling door kicker to go kick rocks...🤔 Correct me if I'm wrong.

THANKS DOC. (If I may call you Doc.) But you are a blessing (I just finished your course and need a boost since Im retiring (US Army airborne Inf/ spec op supprt intel analyst) so I think Im takin to GRC like a tadpole to water since Im hanging up my doorkicking boots and resting my knees I was a lil intimidated by it all but I bought your course jumped on the discord and will be sharpening up my resume and linkdin I like your break it down Barney style without talkin down and ur a funny guy too. THANKS AGAIN DOC!

@@rj8183 no problem at all. There is also a playlist of all my "Military to Infosec" content here: that might be useful. The one with Logan Flook and maxing out the gi bill (or whatever its called now) is quite interesting. This video is in the playlist so obv skip it, but theres great content in there. Hope to say "hi" in the discord. Best wishes rj kzfaq.info/sun/PL4Q-ttyNIRArWyFtaXCWRv-QK84sY1g51

@@SimplyCyber will do Doc I'm REJ on there maroon beret/uniform (sorry not a picture fan) lol ANYWHO keep it coming tht course is on point btw!

I’m an electrician looking to do the same but I’ve only been doing electrical for 6 months

What sort of schooling are you going to do?

I’m a heating engineer for the past 11+ years and I'm doing the same.

I’m going to go for my Bachelors in computer science or Cyber Security. Also going to look into certifications. Reading and trial and error with hands on application through KZfaq. Lol

@@jbregulators017 nice I think I'm about to do a cyber security certificate program online at Kansas state university

You got this! Plenty of room in this pool. Jump in! 🚀

Just wanted to second this. Currently in classes for info sec to transition from factory.

Same here. So tired of factory work. 11 years, time to do something better.

@@kayodebamidele1918 My brother, have you started or been able to make that transition from factory to Cybersecurity? If you have, can you share your experience? Thanks.

As a janitor I feel you people think you don't have the intelligence or drive just based on your occupation.

Heartwarming feedback. Thanks LOSisBEAST2.

great to hear someone here SOC analyst , do you have KZfaq channel or blog to follow you? , if not I would be appreciated if you can guide me to the SOC analyst roadmap certification , am doing now network+? thank you

@@Miqnas0 Aim for Sec+ and then CySA+ after you start working.

@@SyberMath thank you

@@Miqnas0 You're welcome!

Love this! Thank you for sharing that feedback. 💙

I know right? All of a sudden youre like "I just learned something new AND valuable today."😅

Glad it was helpful!

you probably dont give a damn but does any of you know a trick to log back into an instagram account..? I somehow lost my login password. I appreciate any help you can offer me.

Your comment is why I stayed. Let's see how it goes.

Thanks for your service and welcome to the industry. Its awesome in here.

Welcome aboard! Always room for +1 in the cyber pool.

did you ever get a job in cyber?

Thanks Lucas! Makes my day to hear this. Best wishes.

Hey Luke. What's PM?

@@estrellatwins1331 Program or Project Manager.

Wow. Thanks for the really kind words. Glad you find the content valuable and useful. Best wishes.

Hop in! Tons of opportunity and good ppl in here. 😃

@shawn edwards what were the programs that you found as an alternative to the 12k bootcamp?

@@Novej221 Sorry Miller thought I sent this already. Here is one of the places I found. Super helpful. www.hoppersroppers.org/training.html

There’s so many free or very low cost resources to get you from where you are to where you want to go.

what bootcamp did you do?

Thanks Kidron. Its such a great field with something for everyone. Appreciate the support.

I just retired from the USAF & am completing my Masters in cybersecurity..how have things been?!?

Thanks James. Im doing another one this year. NIST just asked me last week. Its going to be hot and fresh. stay tuned.

Thank you Kristina for sharing your story. Stay with it, there is a lot of opportunity and different roles so you can find one that resonates with you. Wish you the best.

World is your oyster. Depending on the size of your team, you will likely be put in a position to do your main role with time to do other cyber things because there’s a ton to do and not enough bodies. Which will allow you to really zero in on your passion and crush it. Great news, thanks for sharing.

That’s great to hear. Like in the boot camp or as you research topics covered SimplyCyber pops up? Appreciate the support

How’s your career going ?

Thank you Nicarus. Very kind words. :)

Yes. I’m more about getting info out there. Enjoy and thank you for the support

Thanks for the kind words! I hope you took value out of the talk and it gives you options to move on

Glad you found value. Welcome to the party! Its all about good times.

So happy it was worth the wait. I tried to bring the heat. Keep crushing it!

Awesome! Thanks for sharing your perspective

May want to watch my gi bill AND the vets into cybersecurity livestream (2 diff videos) I’m my phone and can’t link to them now but think you’ll appreciate them.

@@SimplyCyber thanks, I'll check them out!

That is unusual. Resume refresh? Are you getting interviews or stopped by gatekeepers?

@@SimplyCyber yeah I refreshed it several times. I'm getting interviews rarely. in the past 2-3 years (covid probably had a hand in this too) I only got 3-4 interviews. one of which accused me of cheating on a test they gave me and said they got me on camera, and I politely asked if I may see the footage of me cheating (which I didn't do, I don't need to whatsoever.) awkwardly enough, they asked me back for a 2nd interview then denied me. the other interview went well but they only wanted someone who has been a sec. analyst. im in an interview process right now for the 3rd company and im praying every night that it works out.

@@SimplyCyber idk what else I need to do, but meanwhile I'm studying for my comptia cysa+, and I plan on doing the cissp after that (even though im only eligible for associate cissp (lol experience required to get a cert, brilliant.)

@@SimplyCyber I would be eternally grateful if you could look at my linked in, my resume and cert is posted there. maybe you can see if im doing something wrong? www.linkedin.com/in/navidn/

@@HouseJunk1e @N N Hi N N I took a look at your resume and it is good! Perhaps shorten it some to reflect the jobs you want and the newer skills you have. For example how Gerald mentions putting your prospective date to obtain a cert, that should be placed on there. In fact should be on the front. Take off any jobs not relevant with your current skill set and experience. If you can, bring it to one page or two. Put PCI/DSS under your technical experience at the top of the page since that is a relatively new skill employers need. I hope you got that job! Have you ever thought about starting a blog or channel?

Heck yeah! If you get a clearance and are open to different security roles, there is a lot of fisma, nist rmf, CMMC type audit roles to be had. It’s how I broke in so many years ago

Welcome Billyum. I did a lot of veteran focused cybersecurity content in the first half of 2021 that will still be relevant if you want to check. Resources, organizations, opportunities, etc. Cheers!

Cyber pays well. Fwiw. It’s a lifestyle job though. Depending on where you work it can have tough hours, mental health challenges, or frustration. I love it. There’s a ton of positives and I’ll be the first to welcome you in but just fyi. Financial services is an intense industry so you may actually find cyber tame ☺️

I feel for your plight, and love your analogy. Come join us week day mornings at First Things First. join the community, i think you'll enjoy it and could be helpful. MWF at 8AM EST and TuTh at 10AM EST (unitl May 1, then 8AM EST every weekday). simplycyber.io/FTF for the upcomfing shows (so tomorrow at 8AM EST if you're around.) say hi in chat

That’s awesome. Coincidentally you may want to check out the livestream on channel today at 4:30pm est. my guest is an expert in the ICS (industrial control system) and we are talking all about working in that niche. Massive alignment to working at a power plant

Thank you for the kind words

Absolutely! Networking is a must also.

Appreciate the kind words. Glad this content helped. 😃

Appreciate the kind words. Glad this content helped.

Regret to hear you have all the skills and pre req and still haven’t broke through and think it’s a spoils system. I assure you there is some of that but it’s about 5% and not nearly the norm. Have you tried engaging folks in industry and build a network? I find half of jobs are from who you know not who you are related to. Not a fair field but more accessible than birth right

@@SimplyCyber The only way I engage w/ folks is through LinkedIn, some recruiters (about 15) can view my profile on a weekly basis but still don't contact me.

@@patm8251 I’d encourage conference/ discord engagement. Networking is huge. Send me a note on LinkedIn. I’ll invite you to a few discord w cybersecurity pros. It’s shop Talk including opportunities.

@@SimplyCyber would it be possible to also the invited to some discord servers?

@@8ff71 I need to make this more easy to find. Here you go! Say hi when you join. discord.gg/C8mtwCPuXq

Welcome! Glad you like it. My most popular video on channel

Happy to hear it. Get it!

Cool, thanks! Glad I"m being spoken of in high regard. (hopefully) :). Appreciate you taking the time to comment C T

Awesome news. This talk will help, but since you are going risk management, may i suggest to beef up your ability to crush the interview, take a look at NIST CSF and get little familiar. Its getting a lot of adoption for cybersecurity frameworks which helps manage risk. It may help out if you casually speak to it like a boss in the interview. :-). Also I did a video only on GRC (which is the segment in cyber that risk management falls under) Recommend checking that out to give you some more ammunition -- kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rLGFp7hlvdOrnmw.html

Do you want to keep working with software or get away from it?

My gut reaction pentesting . Depending on what type of software you could focus there but the point is you have experience finding issues in software. Take it one small step fwd and that’s pentesting. You kind of already have a chunk of The core mindset

@@SimplyCyber Thanks for the reply and advice. I've lightly touched on security type testing in my career. 2 factor authentication for a bank, sql injection, hardware and software testing for touch terminals, RFID technology, DR, etc. I'll look at the resources you've provided and try out pen testing.

Crush it! Best wishes.

I am sorry if my questions is too much personal. Do you have undergrad in CS/IT? I am holding B.Eng in EEE, and keen to get Msc in Cybersecurity as well.

Perfect!

Yes! One of the best ways to move into the field

Glad it was helpful!

Welcome to the party!

@@SimplyCyber i do have a quick question: I’m coming from a marketing background (Seo digital marketing to be specific) and was looking to find out how I could leverage that in cybersecurity. I’m currently doing my masters in cybersecurity & haven’t taken any certification exams yet, but plan to take security plus this summer for starters. I would like to work smarter! Thanks so much again for such valuable content seriously!

@@Princessfaith_ just saw your comment and just subscribed to channel.... What certs are you looking to get? If CCNA or Cisco Cyber ops, I have a boot camp that I did in a week that helped me to earn both

@@b.m.robertson5959 can you email it to me please ? Ijeenn350@gmail.com I’m actually looking to getting my comptia security + but need to find a job to get through the door while I’m preparing to take the security plus exam.

How’s the boot camp so far???

My pleasure!

There is carry over-- Pour a cup of this and have sip: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ia5jeqqq2NGad4U.html

@@SimplyCyber Oh, wow! You read my mind. Thanks man!

Absolutely. You are going to be putting handcuffs 👮🏻‍♂️ on and arresting 🚔 malware. Lol 😂 😂

Network+ won't get you into a legitimate IT company because they know that the certification is an inch deep and a mile wide. I hold alot of certifications whose only purpose was to get my foot in the door. The only one that mattered was the CCNA for any junior level network jobs. They still knew that I could only mess around and do basic things as a fresh hire with a CCNA. I got moved up in 3 months after getting the CCNP and doing extensive homelabs which made my job a breeze and solidified any knowlege from certs

You are ready to rock!

Here you go: drive.google.com/file/d/11NraVSkbb3d8_MMO6rxy4EjI8o9j_wOC/view Thanks for the kind words. Loved making that video.

Hmm. I'll try, but I think there are limitations on the platform. I put a link to my slides in the show description. You can pull them there and look at them locally on your workstation. Hopefully that helps.

@@SimplyCyber Thanks for replying so quickly. I got your point about the platform limitations. Besides, I want to thank you for providing such an excellent content.

Awesome Feltlife. Appreciate the kind words and taking time to let me know. Cheers!