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Are you planning to start a career in cybersecurity?

Different cybersecurity paths, their tasks and certification required

Infosec Daily
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3 min readMay 25, 2021

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Cybersecurity career Pathway

There are numerous opportunities for workers to begin and enhance their career within cybersecurity. All cybersecurity careers begin with general IT experience, regardless of where you start. You need to understand how technology works before you can learn how to secure and protect it.

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Cybersecurity career paths can feel rather complicated and imprecise, as one might anticipate from a relatively new field. The field of cybersecurity, in fact, covers a wide range of positions that number in the hundreds and require a wide range of skill sets and expertise.

SOC Analyst

SOC means “Security Operation Center”. It is said to be an entry level for cybersecurity path. Their task includes evaluating threats and vulnerabilities, investigating and reporting on the issues, respond to previously undisclosed vulnerabilities.

This is a position that really opens your eyes to what cybersecurity is at an enterprise level because when you patch vulnerabilities, you get a lot in your hands, investigating exactly what vulnerabilities…

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