Think You Don’t Have Skills For A Career In Cyber? Kathleen Smith Explains What You Really Need To Succeed | Your Everyday Cyber With Limor Kessem And Diana Kelley

Want to join the cybersecurity workforce, but don’t know where to start? Kathleen Smith explains transferable skills you may already have that can open the door to a career in cyber.

The number of unfilled cybersecurity jobs is expected to grow from one million positions in 2013 to 3.5 million in 2021. And of the candidates who are applying for these positions, fewer than one in four are even qualified - but how do you get qualified? And what where to focus the job hunt if you’re just getting started?

Conversation highlights:

• Why people want to get into Cyber
• The importance of passion and problem solving
• Not all cyber jobs are high tech
• Top transferable skills for cybersecurity
• If it’s better to get a degree, training, or a certification
• The first cybersecurity job titles people should aim for when they are planning to pivot their career
• Some of the non-technical roles people can enter the field with

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Guest
Kathleen Smith
On LinkedIn 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleenesmith/
On Twitter 👉 https://twitter.com/yesitskathleen

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Hosts
Limor Kessem
On ITSPmagazine  👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/limor-kessem

Diana Kelley
On ITSPmagazine  👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/diana-kelley

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Resources

How to Get into Cybersecurity: https://www.techradar.com/news/how-to-get-into-cybersecurity

Getting Started in Cybersecurity with a Non-Technical Background: https://www.sans.org/blog/getting-started-in-cybersecurity-with-a-non-technical-background/

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