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Re: Cybersecurity Ventures predicts 3.5M cybersecurity job openings by 2021

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Post by enervate »

lev99 wrote: post #9

1. This is written and published by Cyber Security Ventures. Their bias should be obvious. 2. The 3.5 million is a global number. India is projected to have 1 million of them. 3. The article seems to also try to drum up demand for Managed Security Service Providers, a service Cyber Security Ventures provides. 4. Many currently open Cybersecurity jobs pay less then what a tech minded person can get selling clicks or S…

fwiw I was once browsing jobs wondering why one in particular had such strange hours and requirements until I realized that the search had also returned results for what amounted to security guards

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Post by lawl »

Well, one role in this might be that a lot of cybersecurity jobs are complete bullshit, and or their certifications are.

I won a free certification course as an EC-Council Certified Security Analyst, and it's the biggest joke I've ever seen. It's such a massive fucking joke that I decided to not even renew my certification for free because it would just have been a waste of time.

Most of these "cybersecurity" jobs are download Metasploit and run autopwn, install garbage antivirus everywhere. Maybe layer some more bullshit on top like network intrusion detection and web application firewalls. If you get still get owned talk some bullshit about how advanced the attack was and that there was nothing you could have done.

The other option is to go and write exploits and sell these to government agencies.

I don't really want to do either of those, so I'll stay far away from this field, even as an infosec enthusiast.

I'm sure theres also some real infosec jobs, but i'd say they're pretty rare.

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BadassFractal wrote: post #4

As an outsider of the security industry, do people feel like the importance of security is actually going up, or are people becoming progressively less concerned, given how desensitized we've become to hacks and data leaks? E.g. the Equifax hack was a pretty big deal, but nobody's that upset, everybody moved on real quick. Same with hundreds of other major hacks.

Your point, well observed, is that there are very little repercussions. It is becoming important and more prominent (than say 10 years ago) due to constant media exposure and the constant breaches being seen, so there are a lot of roles being opened and functions are being built where there weren't any before. As a whole though, businesses will deprioritize security for increased business performance, which you can understand.

Regulations like GDPR coming along should have some bite to get people into action, but until that's actually observed there's not much going on.

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Post by sheeshkebab »

claudiulodro wrote: post #8

Sounds great. But how would I (software engineer) go about moving into those sorts of jobs? Do bug bounties until I make it?

Talk with ops guys and have a security guy (that typically is on that team) assign you things to fix.

It’s a bull shit job, as far as software development goes. Sure, you’ll learn a bunch of hacks and ways to fix them and maybe pass cissp cert if you really don’t want to code anymore.

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Post by FLUX-YOU »

claudiulodro wrote: post #8

Sounds great. But how would I (software engineer) go about moving into those sorts of jobs? Do bug bounties until I make it?

OSCP has a good reputation and should definitely get you a position combined with your engineering experience.

If you're in a big city, try to find a security meetup that runs CTFs or events for new folks. Doubly so you can talk and get a more definite direction.

Anything OSCP tests you on can be done yourself by virtualization on your own machine or home lab.

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Post by itronitron »

BadassFractal wrote: post #4

As an outsider of the security industry, do people feel like the importance of security is actually going up, or are people becoming progressively less concerned, given how desensitized we've become to hacks and data leaks? E.g. the Equifax hack was a pretty big deal, but nobody's that upset, everybody moved on real quick. Same with hundreds of other major hacks.

There are still organizations that care a great deal about cybersecurity. I think it is going up, but at a very slow rate because very few people really know anything about it, and it is those people that care the most (or so they tell us.)

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Post by WrtCdEvrydy »

lawl wrote: post #13

Well, one role in this might be that a lot of cybersecurity jobs are complete bullshit, and or their certifications are. I won a free certification course as an EC-Council Certified Security Analyst, and it's the biggest joke I've ever seen. It's such a massive fucking joke that I decided to not even renew my certification for free because it would just have been a waste of time. Most of these "cybersecurity" jobs ar…

Because the appearance of security is better than actual security. - Every PCI Document Ever.

Re: Cybersecurity Ventures predicts 3.5M cybersecurity job openings by 2021

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Post by lawl »

WrtCdEvrydy wrote: post #18
lawl wrote: post #13

Well, one role in this might be that a lot of cybersecurity jobs are complete bullshit, and or their certifications are. I won a free certification course as an EC-Council Certified Security Analyst, and it's the biggest joke I've ever seen. It's such a massive fucking joke that I decided to not even renew my certification for free because it would just have been a waste of time. Most of these "cybersecurity" jobs ar…

Because the appearance of security is better than actual security. - Every PCI Document Ever.

Ahh, PCI, the thing that tells you (told you?) you need to use AES and nothing more, so people use ECB. Great security theatre indeed.
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