How To Break Into Cybersecurity | Cybersecurity Career Interviews

What does it take to break into cybersecurity? We interviewed 7 cybersecurity professionals, including a hiring manager, on this special bonus episode of The DevSec Voice to answer your most pressing questions:
What does a career path into cybersecurity look like?
What background best prepares you for cyber?
Do you need a degree or certifications?
What skills are important, and how can you gain them?
What are some of the cyber career options you might choose from?
What does a day-in-the-life look for some of these folks?
Is it a good time to get into cybersecurity?
What advice would you give someone looking to get into cyber?
SPECIFIC LEARNING RESOURCES MENTIONED (some didn't make the final episode):
Hack The Box - www.hackthebox...
"The Perfect Story" by Karen Eber - www.amazon.com...
Cisco Networking Academy for cybersecurity - www.netacad.co...
CompTIA Security+ - www.comptia.or...
Many thanks to the experts for sharing their insights and career journeys:
GREG BALES | Regional Systems Engineer @ Fortinet
LinkedIn - / gregmbales
Website - www.gregabyte.io/
TikTok - @gregabyte.io
Instagram - @gregabyte.io
JOSE CARO | Information Security Analyst @ City of Iowa City
LinkedIn - / jose-caro3
TikTok - @joseeljalapeno
ADAM KILGORE | Technical Marketing Engineer Technical Leader @ Cisco
LinkedIn - / adam-kilgore
MARCIN KOPEĆ | Security Engineering Tech Lead @ Cisco
LinkedIn - / mkopec
TAE'LUR MYERS-LAMBERT | Information Security Analyst @ TSC Security
LinkedIn - / taelur-alexis
Website - taeluralexis.com/
TikTok - @taeluralexis
OSCAR PINEDA | Principal Application Security Architect @ United Airlines
LinkedIn - / oscarpineda
RAJA SOUNDARAMOURTY | Engineering Leader & Cybersecurity Officer - Applications and Platform @ Cisco
LinkedIn - / raja-soundaramourty

[@CyberStudies]

Great segment! I thought Greg’s perspective was right on the head with degrees. While degrees will open doors, their applicability is something that almost feels dated. I wonder how long till degrees require CEU’s or CPE’s to maintain lol

[@erika_thedev]

This was a fun one!! ...Many thanks to these folks for volunteering their time and expertise to benefit the DevNet community 🙏

[@gregabyte_io]

Thanks for having me on! I loved hearing the diverse backgrounds and paths that others took to enter the field.

[@erika_thedev]

Agreed! And also surprised about some of the similarities! Loved having you on Greg :) Thanks so much again.

[@verlaine_devnet]

Exclusive episode 🤩 Kudos Erika and the Devnet Advocacy !

[@erika_thedev]

Thank you @verlaine_devnet!! Hopefully it's helpful to others along their journey

[@verlaine_devnet]

@@erika_thedev i have shared the episode with some folks,they appreciate the conversation. Kudos again for the nice job !