Day in my Life as a Cyber Security Engineer

[@TrickyP88]

Literally did this today for the first time with my manager, been in the SOC for 4 years (at three different companies) and now I'm a Cyber Security Engineer and will be doing the same on site, it's gunna be a good year

[@kadenshorf1342]

Im getting my prerequisites done for my local college to get into Cyber Security. I'm pumped for it. Hopefully they will teach us a lot that has to do with the electronics

[@usamakhan-yi9fb]

Why did you switched your career? i mean you could be SOC Manager in no time. care to share?

[@olivier4218]

If you're doing on site shit as a cyber eng leave

[@AshVentureOfficial]

Stuff is good ngl, I may go into the field, what's the salary on average like? In Europe or the UK for example

[@TrickyP88]

@@olivier4218 Why would you say that?

[@kotimoto]

I'm a project manager and we have field Engineers, who do the rack, stack, power and ping. Rest of the set up is done remotely. I have a lot of respect for you guys. 🌞

[@imt3206]

Why do you respect them?

[@kotimoto]

@@imt3206 it's not a easy job, late nights, adhoc calls, Sev 1 tickets.. they do it all.

[@bluescreenofwin]

I am a Cyber Security Engineer and my days of racking and stacking are over thankfully. We have data center folks that handle all of this for us so I can focus on bigger fish ;)

[@imt3206]

@@bluescreenofwin isn’t stacking and racking the biggest fish?

[@shubhampapadkar2503]

bro please provide your email.

[@LogicalNiko]

Awesome work, as a person who has been doing this for 20+ years for healthcare, government, cloud providers, keep up the good work. The key in the field is really being able to communicate to multiple sides effectively. You will need to be able to both educate, analyze, explain, and plan with people of various background. This includes CEOs and CIOs, developers, project management, financial, compliance, legal, etc. I can’t stress the importance of being well read in OWASP, NIST, privacy, as well as keep on top of the daily exploit news. The best job you can ever do is change the mindset of your customers to recognize the risks themselves.

[@francis2k488]

Awesome comment.

[@TheHooper]

What's your daily threat news source(s)??

[@johncnorris]

I have my own little cart that I bring on-site. Having a horizontal surface to work on, shelves for tool bags, and is big enough to load up those boxes is a blessing. Everyone that sees me in the data centers always walks up and asks about the cart.

[@secengineer]

got a link? that sound very useful

[@johncnorris]

@@secengineer - My cart is not as beefy as this one from U-Line. The dimensions are a little smaller too. I have three shelves on it so I can securely place a rack mountable server on top of the four posts. I think I originally bought it for my shop but eventually started bringing it to work sites. [ Bed, Bath, & Beyond or maybe Home Depot ] My cart's wheels are the cheap plastic ones that I replace about once a year. ( rolling across the pavement in the parking lots wears them out pretty quickly ) PS - I had a drink holder (but it broke) that was a repurposed mic stand mountable beer bottle holder too! You never want to spill your beer in the data center - it's so unprofessional!

[@dupermond5313]

​@@johncnorris What a great job it must be ! I'm really envious haha

[@vishnusudarsanam5375]

This is how my neighbours see me when I reboot their router

[@Skulltroxx]

love watching professional doing work.. feels good to know that there are people who can actually do some complex things

[@Mavman42]

🤨

[@mrCetus]

Currently a comp sci major and have done a lot of software development work. Been looking at going into cyber sec, this looks fun. I'd love to see what configuring the firewall is actually like. This was really helpful thanks :)

[@Nobody-md5kt]

I’ve been a software engineer for the past few years. Love it. But something about hardware, networking, and security has always fascinated me. Love these kinds of videos.

[@strappedup24]

Amazing content bro. I'm trying to get into a SOC environment. I have been working in the Helpdesk environment for about 5 years now. I have my A+, Net+, Sec+ and CYSA+

[@secengineer]

You’re doing a great job getting there then. Start applying like crazy if you haven’t already. You’re definitely qualified

[@BrokenInbox]

You're doing great!

[@cheesybeast1721]

do you have discord bro?

[@strappedup24]

@@cheesybeast1721 I do not have discord. How about you?

[@rafaelpaun1907]

Homie you are definitely qualified to work in security. I only have sec+ and I work in security. I would love to help you out

[@usernamepassword123]

majoring in cybersecurity right now. It's nice to get this outlook on the physical aspects of the job.

[@ItsStribe]

Is cybersecurity programming?

[@usernamepassword123]

@@ItsStribe that’s a good question. I’m still in my first year so idk lmao. I’m guessing to fight against a hacker you’re going to need to know how the hacker got into your computer/files. So maybe there’s some coding that has to go with that idkidk

[@ItsStribe]

@@usernamepassword123 ughhh

[@ItsStribe]

@@usernamepassword123 im doing IT BACHELORS AND ADSOCIATES APPLIED SCIENCE

[@williambarney2874]

@@ItsStribe Cybersecurity doesn't require programming. Never hurts to know how to program but def not a prerequisite. Start looking at Cybersecurity Job posts. Under the requirements you find many different skills employers are looking for but programming isn't one of them. Experience with RMF, STIG, ePO, IA, Nessus, HBSS are many of the skills you will see if you are looking at DoD jobs or contractors that work for the DoD. Sec + is mandatory, CySa + is better and it goes on and on... Gaining a security clearance will open doors for sure. Working full remote is great too. As a Cybersecurity Analyst you can work from home because everything you use to monitor and manage endpoints can be done from your laptop using a VPN. Instead of trying to find a job close to home you can literally apply to a job anywhere in the country (USA). Opens up many more jobs opportunities. Good Luck and Make it Happen!

[@MrEightImmortals]

Thank you for this. I am a CyberSec student and being able to see what you do is awesome. I can't say I have found many who show this aspect of the job online.

[@warframehunter7298]

Dude same

[@simonseis744]

You should configure them before you head to site, that way if there's a fault with it out the box you haven't wasted a journey.

[@crazytechguy5735]

I had worked past one month with NE40E-X8A and NE8000-F2. Boy oh boy, what a ride that was. Really enjoyed every part of it. Configuration was all my task but I did enjoy installation team deploying the routers. Man that NE40E is a beast and we needed 4 guys to lift the router to the cabinet

[@secengineer]

Oh yeah, I'd definitely have the tech install the chassis.

[@MrDomonin]

Currently working at a MSP and had to power cycle some of the fortinet equipment as the entire hospital network went down and had no clue what I was doing lol

[@TyDaGreatest.]

Someone should do a day in my life as a unemployed entry level I.T support. You know doing projects for free, paying ridiculous money for certificates with your dead end job, kissing ass to recruiters and networking your ass off, applying for jobs and getting rejection emails, going on interviews and getting turn down time and time again, I think that be cool.

[@johnflorence2672]

much respect for field engineers. I worked as post and now on pre sales, sometimes I wish not to talk so much with account team people, chill vibes in your video

[@SimonSpe]

The best part is always when you see that a USB-A console cable is included and not another old DB9 :)

[@JITCompilation]

currently just started my first SE job so it's fun peering into what other people do during their work day. liked and subscribed!

[@killablaze1152]

Keep on posting Sir!! I'm aiming for this role still a young man with the passion to become a Cyber Security Specialist.

[@chokolokoloko]

I've seen some of your videos, as someone trying to break into the industry they are very inspiring, please don't stop them!

[@secengineer]

really appreciate, this. Ill make sure to keep cross posting and eventually do some youtube exclusive stuff.

[@hayaganda9705]

I've binge-watching all your videos and I find it interesting since I was working on my school webinar regarding cyber awareness. Love it, more videos to come! 💚

[@imaadfaki5585]

Been trying so hard to get a job in Cyber Security, got my certifications and even a 3 month internship, hopefully things change this year

[@minister7417]

Always fun adding in a new firewall. Upgrading to new one where there is an old firewall is where the fun really comes in. LOL

[@Ja22i]

Wow. This is a great example of an efficient walkthrough video!

[@Oliver_Saer]

That's pretty dope, it seems like you act with the highest degree of professionalism. I hope your clients appreciate your services. Good job 😃

[@dashbaby9752]

Thank you for this content and please show more like this. I will be beginning my IT career soon. This video was insightful and motivating. This is a great video.🙌🏾

[@TheMagnificentArtist]

Thank you for showing this! I’m currently a entry level SOC analyst and wanted to do cloud security engineering. I know different companies give different responsibilities to the job title. Is there anybody here a cloud security engineering team who was a SOC analyst? How did you convert? What steps did you take?

[@secengineer]

most definitely, a lot of our best cyber sec engineers came from a SOC. cloud security is going to be similar to what I'm doing but no hardware and the terms will be different but many of the same concepts. so being able to threat hunt and knowing how to read logs is still relevant in cloud security

[@TheMagnificentArtist]

@@secengineer ok thank you!

[@harshithtv2381]

@@secengineer thanks mam

[@KingTrump2024]

@@secengineer The best Security Engineers are former Systems Engineers. Soc-puppets only know logging and alerting. Ask them how SSH or SMTP works and you will get a funny look in return. If you do not possess foundational knowledge of how the Service, App, Protocol, or Technology works then I'm not sure how effective you can be as a security engineer coming from a logging and monitoring environment where you are exposed to none of the above???

[@SeanPennII]

@@KingTrump2024 guess it depends where you come from. But I find it rude to attack an analyst calling them "puppets".

[@seantellsit1431]

Slick about using the space below to hold the device. First time seeing this. Thanks!

[@ionicgaming492]

Nice man, I'm in school as we speak for this field, Just finished my A+ net+ next will be doing VISIO and but have long ways to go yet lol... Loving it! and the labs are fun!

[@elliotalderson5485]

Great video man I wish it was longer so you could show more! I'm subscribing and hoping you post some longer more detailed videos✌️

[@adetolaolamade5079]

the fact that i understood every word you said speaks to my growth!! i’m so happy😊😊

[@anhielika]

well, his english is a little broken, so don't be too happy

[@chijiokeifeanyi2209]

A mechanical engineering undergraduate looking forward to entering into the cybersecurity space. Thanks for your videos

[@じゅげむ-s6b]

did something similar but we were hooking up DVRs and switches for cameras instead. server rack was cool, taking out the nut was not

[@roopsoops202]

This is the first video of yours I saw today and immediately liked and subscribed 😀 I've always been fascinated with cybersecurity(but don't know anything about it lol 😅) and can't wait to see more from you 😊

[@zyzzuschrist3410]

This was awesome. Thanks for sharing

[@tribeprime7380]

This is what I have been wanting thanx for sharing

[@spacewolfjr]

Interesting work, most of the Cyber Security Engineering work I've been involved with is more on the software development side, specifically developing endpoint clients. Most places I've worked would consider this network operations work.

[@secengineer]

yeah networking with us only route, switch, and wireless and that's where we have the most CCIEs but enterprise networks is way to demanding and complex to have them multi-role in security as well. Cyber sec is not just software engineer and pentesting, but also operations, GRC, analyses, incident response, network security, endpoint security, cloud security, identity management, app security, web security, and each one of those has sub roles, and each of those has concentration. The industry is HUGE

[@williambarney2874]

Def a big umbrella. I agree though, this looks more like what our network guys do. No one on our Cybersecurity team would be doing this. We always spell Cybersecurity as one word...lol Information Assurance/RMF is huge on the DoD side. Vulnerability/Patching never stops. Cool video man.

[@fps_purple9556]

Gonna be putting some 3300Fs in our DC soon doing active/active with 3 vdoms, 1 being an SD-WAN vdom for the other two

[@stym-rj]

1:31 he just dropped it like that.. I just Can't imagine myself doing this.

[@Talos_The_King]

I'm actually a field technician and had to do this last week.

[@devonfisher5040]

Can you make a video of configuring the Gates? Obviously I understand you can't necessarily use the customers equipment but something like that would be awesome

[@secengineer]

already working on it. theres so much so it will likely be a series

[@sirus312]

Been doing construction fore years and just got into this gig. Very easy, literally not much work, jut make sure the lights are blinking can’t believe we get paid for This

[@Moodboard39]

Not that easy dude

[@m_t_t_]

How come you need two firewalls?

[@Baby5_GG]

Nice mounting trick.. also nice screw driver

[@nimachogyal]

This is my life too.. the only thing customers complain about is " i dont have internet"

[@Vexstriker13]

As someone who don’t even know what it is and looks complicated, I’m impressed with people who are good at it.

[@RBASB10]

Okay, I’m 4 months late but I would absolutely love to see more information on engineering. I loved how you’re direct with your approach. I’m just preparing for my fundamentals exams with compTIA. Basically I come from a non I.T. Background and value videos like this. Have a great day and thank you kindly for sharing. Oh by the way, I’m more definitely subscribing to your channel. 🙏🏻

[@billn.1318]

In all candor, IT has a very wide vast direction of what you want to do. This is the IT ladder: Help Desk Support > Tier 2 Help Desk > Tier 3 Help Desk > Help Desk Manager. Then you have this side of the cheek: Onsite tech (desktop laptop deployments) > Project Site Tech (server deployments and layer 2/3 networking equipment) > Project Designer > Project Engineer. Then you have another cheek on another side of IT for CyberSecurity: Help Desk > Network Administrator > Cyber Security Remediation Team > Cyber Security Analyst I > Network Security Specialist > Network Security Administrator. The guy who did this video (not to bash) is not a security engineer but rather someone who works for an outsourced IT company who is certified or learned how to configure and enable UTM protection on fortinet brand firewalls. A real cyber security engineer is difficult to pinpoint exactly because its a title but in IT, who the hell knows what you really do. We work with a cyber security firm who does threat remediation. Folks who use Linux/Unix and study the threat and identify code of the threat and making sure things like Ransomware is no longer a threat on a clients network. The guy in this video is a Network Administrator, with a focus in security appliance deployment. The title is wrong.

[@RBASB10]

@@billn.1318 Thank you Kindly for your intel. Much appreciated 🙏🏻

[@m.y.m401]

can you please make a full long video on network installation. i mean about a router and switch configuration on our pc?

[@rickyfriedchicken3548]

Miss being in the lab. Ever since COVID I've been 100% remote

[@lightwire123]

this took me back to my Cisco classes. fun time

[@WtfAnupam]

I recently learned about CISCO packet tracer and Network administrator's job role and responsibilities and it's pretty awesome ^_^

[@arsnakehert]

There are 20 minute long "day in the life of " videos that show less of the person's work than this, good job

[@rackembarry]

did this for two new meraki routers at one of my sites recently, want to transition to security real soon as well.

[@justinjeter5085]

I'm curious if your team doesn't have network engineers. From my experience in IT Security, it's always been the network engineer's job to actually doing to initial setup of the firewalls then security comes in behind them to start setting policy. Though, maybe you're a security engineer in a networking department?

[@tennisnewbie121]

You put in the rack nut holders with just your fingers? A Menace to society, I always struggled with those.

[@secengineer]

some racks it is a huge pain, these werent too bad. techs usually take care of that part though

[@zoafoxx1749]

This is similar to my life as a Linux engineer, pretty cool!

[@abednego8304]

Hello please how can we be friends ?

[@popacap21]

the place i've been working, is the first Fortinet shop i've been in.. Forti is an absolute banger i dont have much exp with Cisco, so im kinda learning fresh w/ fortinet and love it so far

[@MadRhetorik.]

Did this in the military and my god it was a nightmare. Zero applicable training and they’d plop you down in the server room with an immense laundry list to do and they’d just tell you to figure it out and it’s all gotta be done by the morning. Turned my love into a nightmare and now I have no desire to go back 😂

[@altoidsniffer4200]

I have no idea what most of the stuff he was doing/saying, but I loved this video

[@fjs1111]

Man, I was a NOC engineer for a web hosting company and we were always under attack from China or Russia IP blocks. I could never rest, it's exhausting!

[@LegionF99]

About to start a course in cyber security. I can't wait to have a career in this field one day.

[@jimmea6317]

You earned a subscriber! Either this or electrical hardware engineering is what I want to study

[@stevesteve8098]

when racking up shit you do the BOTTOM nuts first any weight not supported then tries to force the kit INTO the frame due to leverage, but is fully supported on a FLAT base you do the top first, then the weight leverages DOWN against the screw bending the brackets or kit , depending on which nut is tightest, twists the case & PCB. and for nearly half a million $ of kit per piece your half assed company should be using 2 staff for racking up.

[@RyanJonkerCyber]

Cool stuff, man. Thanks for sharing

[@kevin5132-e6t]

I’m a cyber sec engineering major and I loved this vid currently I’m in my second semester of freshman year hopefully soon I’ll be able to do this in person

[@EdythFernandez]

Interesting. Always wondered how things worked

[@spicyburglar]

Nice, I work in sec ops as well. Thanks for all the hard work! Subbed. Surprised your wearing a t shirt in that data center haha.

[@secengineer]

I just forgot a jacket lol. So I stayed in the hot zone as much as I could

[@kdhills07]

Nice vid! More videos like this would be great!

[@roccandrew]

I'm currently taking Computer Networks I and while it is fun, I quickly fell behind. I barely understand minicom and how to design simple networks.

[@dareknaszlaku]

Subscribed, I’m in my 40s and passed exams for uni in networking and cyber security.

[@Jonathan_O]

Great video! I love working in a DC. Something about it lol.

[@reizhustenistdoof]

And I don't even get 10 hours budget to configure a forti for remote management, ship it for installation and then configure the rest via remote (including ruleset) and go-live.

[@secengineer]

Damn, yeah we usually get at least 24 hours. But that’s a tiny project and that includes day one support

[@hutch-uu322]

I've learnt a lot feom your replies to comments and I just want to say thank you. I've gotten so many answers

[@Here4TheGamez]

Randomly found this channel. Nice to see a fellow TXN (Houston here).

[@rodee1671]

Wish I had a man like you. Been hacked for months, can't figure out how they get past everything i have set up. Flustered lol

[@periodicbeast9994]

Just got my A+ on the 21st, working on network+, doing remote help desk til I find something better, any recommendations?

[@leenalkaraki5652]

that is so cool i can't wait to become a cyber security engineer

[@Franchyze923]

Cool channel! Just subbed, keep up the good content.

[@DesembriarIlhami]

I am a network security engineer and that's what I do most of the time. Thanks for sharing this

[@xristoss8275]

Hey man could you please help me with my issue. Could I be able to transition to security starting as a Network Technician? Would network technician experience plus ccna and a security cert get me hired?

[@DesembriarIlhami]

@@xristoss8275 Hey, I don't know your educational background and where you live, but generally, certifications do help for transitioning careers. I started my job as NSE with only a CCNA and telecom engineer background. I landed a job at a system integration company/Cisco & Fortinet Partner.

[@xristoss8275]

@@DesembriarIlhami I live in Europe so I guess you're from USA?

[@TheBeardedTechGuy305]

Have you worked with any other firewalls like Meraki sonicwall juniper etc?

[@nazimsakhri1558]

I really want to cry, i spent 5 to 6 years studying so hard for that, i dreamed of that but now i didn't reach it and am studying mechanical engineering wich i don't like at all but i can not drop out.....

[@krislonzie2759]

As a network engineer it’s basically the same, I’m surprised how you didn’t hurt yourself with them cage nuts🙏😭

[@jniorlennon4669]

At collage I studied a bit about CCNA and was very interested in it, and all about cyber security, I was thinking of doing some self paced studies on CCNA or CEH what would you suggest i go for first

[@secengineer]

Between those two, CCNA if you're aiming for blue team, CEH for Red team

[@jniorlennon4669]

@@secengineer thank you for this, is there a way to contact you for some career advice, would truly appreciate it.

[@YankeeTM]

Ceh helps you get into companies no matter what you are aiming for, Redteam or blueteam. You will get a lot of soc openings nowadays.

[@jitendrayadavweb]

I got fortinet 100D to manage at my work.

[@pravalkushwah5115]

Will you be showing how to properly configure fortigate firewall..??

[@secengineer]

Yes for sure!

[@pravalkushwah5115]

@@secengineer that will be one intersting and fun at the same time. Learning new thing is always better.. Looking forward to it. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@_QX8]

Where should I start if I wanna get my foot in the door in this field of work?

[@leothalion3983]

This was amazing!

[@Taemoney1-b9s]

Any tips I just got my security plus now I don’t know what to do

[@ws2940]

That's a great idea for mounting devices by yourself.

[@Wtf_jus_happened]

As a newbie to this field, I'm terrified. Currently have 5 more classes until I graduate with my Bachelors degree in Information Systems and Cybersecurity, and I feel like I don't know where to start.🤦🏾‍♀️

[@techevangelist8373]

This was more of a security infra engineer/Network security engineer stuff. i thought of a different view when we have the word cyber to the security...

[@secengineer]

I worked with dozens of different security technologies from different vendors and configure them for government and enterprise environments. Our network engineers only work with route switch and wireless but that is already in huge demand by itself. The industry is very huge, and cyber security encompasses dozen of different verticals, not just software engineering or pentesting.

[@techevangelist8373]

​ @SecEngineer I got you. But, the trend I see these days is that, medium size enterprises dont want to have a separate team just for managing Network security devices (Palo, Fortigate, Remote site Vpn administration etc.)and Network devices like routers switches and wireless. It might be a different case with Big companies though. But, I have always thought, cybersecurity folks are more into pen test/compliance/Forensic/threat hunting etc and they dont really get into the network security administration like the firewall thing..Now, I know that, it varies between companies...Thanks..

[@cutuway]

First year comp sci major here and dreaming of becoming a Cyber Security Engineer one day. Any advice would be very much appreciated.

[@Jangue]

Amazing video, really liked it even tho it was short Really interested in cyber security 😁

[@secengineer]

Yeah these are cross post made for tiktok. So nothing over 3min yet. Just found an editor for what I want to do on KZbin. I’d do it but editing these took me hours as it is.

[@imjustu6891]

Hopefully soon I find my way to a cybersec career. Id be willing to do internships etc now that im graduating.

[@garycollins1157]

Looks like an awesome position to get into.

[@spacesoup6797]

any tips for people who want to get into this kind of work

[@mdmhainalhoque9857]

To become a cyber security engineer what should one do from beginning?

[@aryehbarron4067]

I used to sell Fortinet, great stuff!

[@AdrianPatten]

There is a tool for inserting cage nuts. (Also saves your fingers 🤣)

[@secengineer]

Haha yeah our techs have them, but I didn’t grab any this time.

[@kxngandalcio125]

Cool lil video may I ask what's the name of your backpack u EDC