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 - https://www.hackthebox.com/
"The Perfect Story" by Karen Eber - https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Story-...
Cisco Networking Academy for cybersecurity - https://www.netacad.com/cybersecurity
CompTIA Security+ - https://www.comptia.org/certification...

Many thanks to the experts for sharing their insights and career journeys:

GREG BALES | Regional Systems Engineer @ Fortinet
LinkedIn -   / gregmbales  
Website - https://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 - https://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