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Alright, so your cyber security challenge or tip for this week is to go ahead and review all
of your passwords that you use for your online services and go and check those passwords. Make
sure those passwords are lengthy and complex. Use a password manager to store your passwords
and make sure your passwords are unique for each site. This is a little challenge for you. Let me
know down in the comments below if you are going to take up the challenge and go and review this.
Alright, so without any further delays, let's jump straight into this video.
Tip one would definitely be to do a ton of focused research. So what do I mean by focused research,
trying to find out where to start in cyber security can be really daunting.
The internet is full of so much information and you can really find yourself going into
a really big hole and just digging yourself deeper into that hole if you don't focus your research to
find out firstly, what the industry is about, how many domains there are in cyber security
and what you need to focus on early on. This can really help you to streamline your
cyber security career journey by focusing on trying to understand what one or two domains
comprise of rather than understanding the entire big world of cyber security.
Don't be mistaken. Cyber security is an umbrella term, it is a massive industry. And you have to
start in a place of focus rather than to try and learn everything about cyber security.
That leads me to step two so once you have actually done your research, it is then time to
decide or to choose a focus domain. And here you really want to narrow it down to one or two
concepts or topics within cyber security. Like I said there are a whole bunch of domains in
cyber security, ISC2 defines the eight domains of cyber security as part of the CISSP certification
and NIST NICE framework is also a great framework to go and have a look at how many domains they
define in cyber security and what all those sort of roles and different focus areas are.
But it's very important that you decide what you want to have a look at. Is it network security?
Is it application security? Is it ethical hacking? Is it security analytics or
analysis? Is it threat intelligence to choose a focus domain early on will help you to
focus your journey once again and streamline the content that you are going to consume.
In order to specialize and build your skills in cyber security.
Tip number three would definitely be to first start by exploring three training options.
So if you have selected a focus domain, I would definitely encourage you to look at free training
to look at the fundamentals or basics of cyber security. There are a lot of free training options
available and you really need to look into finding something that's going to introduce you into cyber
security. So an introduction into cyber security basics. And great platforms for these free
training courses include Cybrary, Udemy, Udacity, Simply Learn and of course, for a paid training
program, I do recommend the CompTIA Security+ as a starting point to really teach you the
fundamentals of security in a broader spectrum. And from there you can really understand whether
the focus domain that you have chosen, if it's even something that you are really interested
in now that you are you know actively learning about it and if it's really something that you
can and want to pursue as a job cyber security can be a really, really demanding career field and you
want to make sure that you are enjoying what you're doing, you're enjoying the journey. And of
course, it meets your criteria in terms of salary expectations, family life balance, and anything
else that you consider as part of your criteria for looking for a career path and finding a job.
Tip number four is to practice your skills.
Practicing your skills is so important. A lot of the time I see people doing a degree program
or a bootcamp or certifications, and that's all fine. And that's brilliant,
and it is recommended but certifications and, and master's degree programs will,
you know, enable you with knowledge, theoretical knowledge, and will accredit you for what you're
learning. So that is the match required knowledge that you'll build and accreditation. But skills
are required to demonstrate that you are actually able to do the job. And that's why building skills
is so important. And I would recommend a pro tip here is while you're going through those programs,
whether you've opted to do a master's program or whether you've opted to do your boot camp, or
just, you know, self-learned with certifications, I would recommend that
you look into platforms where you can actively practice the skills that you are learning
and start building out your portfolio of skills as you go along. In this way, you don't get to the
end of your program and realize that you cannot actually put what you've learned into practice and
therefore you don't have the skills to demonstrate to an employer, why they should hire you.
And then tip number five and this is my final tip is to find a mentor or coach.
This is so underrated especially in the field of cyber security for my own personal success.
This has made such a difference in my journey, having the ability to
get coached by someone who has been in this industry and has already conquered some of the
things along the journey that I still need to get to and just having that career guidance
and insight and just someone to push me to different levels and out of my comfort zone
has really helped me tremendously on my journey and I would definitely recommend
that you look for a coach or a mentor that can really help you along on this journey.
Alright friends, that is it for this video. I do have a freebie guide for you down in the
description box where I have actually documented some of my top recommended basic free training
courses into cyber security as well as a guide to some of the platforms that you can access
to practice your skills. So if you liked this video, please give it a thumbs up and definitely
be sure to leave a comment if you found this helpful and insightful. Catch you next time.