# Getting started in Cyber Security

## Step 1 - Get out there

This field is nothing like no other one. The reason I say that is because the term cyber security is a huge term that covers a lot of different jobs. Meet new people and be yourself. Everyone will fit somewhere.

### Someone else Quotes

security consulting skills include:

* can they find bugs or enable their teams to find killer bugs
* can they talk to clients and not cause issues
* can they write reports and think at the right level (how do we best communicate this to clients: engineers, PMs, CEOs?)

interviews often check for the following:

* will they solve problems themselves, or give up?
* do they have enough necessary technical background? do they show an aptitude for learning more?
* do they bullshit, or are they honest when they don't know something?
* how do they respond once they hit the limit of their knowledge?

### Another person

For those coming from a different career looking for your first Information Technology/Cybersecurity role, I highly recommend the following.

Get experience.

Do you provide support to your less technically minded family and friends? It's experience.

Do you volunteer your technical skills at a charity, school, or another place of business? Experience.

Are you pursuing a degree or other vocational skill courses that incorporate building and securing networks, operating systems, applications, and combining all to make functional services? Yep, it's experience even if you don't have a certificate afterward.

Do you have a home lab? It could be as simple as adding some more memory and storage to your personal machine, then installing VMware workstation/Oracle Virtualbox. You can get more sophisticated and install free VMWare ESXi on a dedicated piece of hardware, or enable a Windows Server Hyper-V trial. Or you can go the cloud route; both AWS and Azure have free offerings. You can then install 90-day trials of Microsoft Windows, free Linux, other free/trial software in your lab using walkthroughs/youtube videos.

Take all of the skills you've learned above and build a resume that contains them. There are a lot of transferrable skills that work excellently in IT/Cybersecurity.



### QA Part 2

Hey man wassup, I hope I'm not bothering you or anything but need some help so I'm a huge fan of cybersecurity ethical hacking, etc all that kind of related stuff, I have a general idea bout it but I don't know where to start so I made up a list; would be amazing if you could read it and tell me if I should focus on it if not would be helpful if you give me advice on where I should start, etc.\
\- Learn Kali Linux\
\- Continue on python (Since this year we started studying javascript HTML and python at school.)\
\- Focus on the fundamentals like How does an IP address work, VPN, servers, etc ... Code deciphering. -Learn the basics of fishing or at least how to it works(Not for bad uses though ) -Learn the different ways to inject a virus.\
\- Web exploitation.

**Answer**

*   Learn Kali Linux

    I have no idea what that means. You can learn the tools all you want with documentation, but memorizing like 600 tools is not worth it and only need a basic understanding.&#x20;
*   Continue python

    Javascript and python are very useful and suggest you learn them well and you will get further than other people who want to do it without coding
*   Fundamentals

    Of course, focus on the fundamentals but if you know what you want to do, don't worry about the other aspects that much. You won't be expected to know networking and hardware, and programming.&#x20;
*   Phishing

    Well I mean if you plan on taking a test or real penetration testing you will learn it naturally. No need to study as it will come naturally once you get enough practice at other things
*   Inject virus

    Well, that would be payloads sending and you will learn that when you study a specific field.
*   Web exploits

    Well, I would suggest if app sec to focus on that solely and you should be fine. It is a complex thing is if you aren't focusing on that area don't spend too much time learning it

    What time zone are you in? and feel free to ask questions anytime

## Step 2 - ???

I have not gotten past step 1. I Will update once I get more experience.
