Hey friends I'm Venicia from cyber queen and today I'll be taking you through a day in my life
as a cyber security professional working at Microsoft. My morning typically starts when
I wake up around 4am every day an early start to the day is so critical for me.
At this point, I will brush my teeth to some skincare and head downstairs for a quick 15-minute
workout. At around 4 30 a.m I'll head to my desk catch up on my social media reply to any dms and
check my emails or admin that I need to do for my cyber queen coaching business around. 5:30 is when
I'll get ready for the day even though I work from home full time getting ready for the day really
just enhances my productivity at six I'll move to getting the kids up and getting them ready for
school and then eventually take them to school in the car I'll spend some time focused and engaged
with the kids once they're at school on the drive home I will have a coffee listen to podcast
episodes to update me on any cyber security news and information from the previous day once I get
home I'll have a quick breakfast or smoothie and then head straight upstairs to start my workday
most days I start around 8 30. i start by checking my emails reading any security product and
architecture updates i also do some documentation and respond to any internal customer queries
at around 10 am i started getting onto some customer meetings i typically help customers
with architectural guidance security advice and best practice recommendations
and any advanced technical assistance on this particular day i actually didn't have
any meetings so i ended up doing some kql queries for my lab that i'm building in
azure and it's a sim environment i step away for lunch at around 12 45 or sometimes one o'clock
hey friends so while having lunch today i decided to take a bit of a walk and just
get some fresh air in the park so while i'm sitting here i thought i'd share with you all
some of my experiences and key tips for starting out in cyber security if you're interested in
cyber security i would definitely say that you need to start doing research and a lot of research
and start with some free courses uh an introduction to cyber security and cyber reary
is a free course and it is a great starting point the next step i would advise is really
to choose a focused domain it's so important that you choose a focus domain early on because
that really just helps you to focus your energy and your studies in order to become
a specialist rather than um generalizing into introductory of everything and so review the nist
nice framework it is a framework that provides guidance for roles and uh role requirements in
cyber security and choose something that you're passionate about and something that you're good at
some of the challenges that i think new cyber security professionals or beginner
cyber security professionals really face is that currently i think that the employer
job profiles are still outdated and so the requirements for entry level roles are just
not accurate for an entry level role sometimes the requirement is to have a year or even up to three
years experience that i've seen and so how i would overcome that is just by building demonstratable
skills because if you do happen to get that interview by demonstrating that you have enough
skills to do the job that really sets you apart and helps you get the job and of course the next
step is network network network networking is so important in tech and especially in cyber security
what i find most rewarding in cyber security is definitely that i protect
people and i help protect people's livelihoods and their businesses and all of that while working at
home on my own terms so i would say it really is about what you want and what your terms are
and sticking to those terms and requirements while building out your knowledge and skills
to get into the field after lunch i wrap up any further admin tasks and head out to
pick up the kids at this point i may do meetings hands-free in the car or just listen to training
and update once i get home i spend some time focused on the kids i get them lunch move
towards doing their homework and i'll typically work downstairs for the rest of the afternoon
on less admin intensive tasks so that i can have time to focus on the kids at around 4 30 pm
i'll take the kids to the park and then continue to wrap up my work day once my husband gets home
i'll close out any admin tasks and review my calendar for the next day my work day will
typically wrap up around 6 p.m i know that's late but it works for me because it's so rewarding to
spend the time with my kids during the day i hope you all enjoyed this video catch you next time bye