EP 93: CyberWIDE Panel - LevelUp - InfoSec Certifications Soup

https://www.yourcyberpath.com/93/

In this special episode, we are going to share with you a live webinar hosted by the North Texas Information Systems Security Association. They invited our own Jason Dion and Kip Boyle for the CyberWIDE Panel’s InfoSec Certification Soup to discuss careers, hiring, resumes, and of course, certifications.

We begin the episode with a brief discussion of how Jason and Kip got into the world of cybersecurity, moving over to some valuable information about how you should go about starting your cyber career and how to know which career is fit for you.

Jason also shares an important tip, which is to always keep your resume short and only include your most important certifications relevant to the job posting. Hiring managers will usually spend 6 to 60 seconds looking at your resume, so keep it concise and to the point, 2 pages at most.

Then, Kip and Jason discuss their opinions on how important programming is for your cybersecurity career, mentioning that it might be very important for some roles while for other roles you might just need to know basic scripting.

In the end, Jason and Kip go over some viewer questions and discussions, like how important soft skills are, how to show up for the interview, and how to get a mentor - highlighting that being coachable is the most important thing as your attitude will affect how beneficial mentorship is going to be for you.

What You’ll Learn

●    How to know if you are fit for cybersecurity

●   Are all certifications valued equally?

●   Do you need programming skills to work in cybersecurity?

●   How important are your soft skills and getting mentored?

●   How is AI going to affect cybersecurity analyst jobs?



Relevant Websites For This Episode

●     AASLR: Tailor Your Resume to Get Noticed, with Kip Boyle

●     CTF Time

●     John Strand’s Antisyphon Training

●     Wild West Hackin’ Fest

●     SANS Cyber Diversity Academy

●     SANS VetSuccess Academy

●     Divergence Academy

●     Hack the Box

●     MetaCTF

●     SANS Holiday Hack Challenge



Connect with Kip

●     https://twitter.com/KipBoyle

●     https://www.linkedin.com/in/kipboyle/

●     Fire Doesn’t Innovate by Kip Boyle

 

Connect with Jason

●     https://twitter.com/JasonDion

●     https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasondion/

●     https://www.diontraining.com/home

 

YourCyberPath

●     https://www.yourcyberpath.com/

●     https://www.youtube.com/@YourCyberPath/streams

●     https://www.facebook.com/YourCyberPath/

 

Connect with ISSA and North Texas ISSA

●     https://www.issa.org/

●     https://www.linkedin.com/company/information-systems-security-association-issa-/

●     https://www.ntxissa.org/

●     https://www.linkedin.com/company/north-texas-issa/

●     https://www.linkedin.com/company/cyberwide/

●     https://www.linkedin.com/in/adelinamariegarcia/

●     https://www.linkedin.com/in/richat/



Other Relevant Episodes

●   Episode 58 - How to Get Hired With No Experience

●  Episode 81 - How to Negotiate a Pay Raise with Edward Skipka

●  Episode 82 - From Truck Driver to Cybersecurity Analyst with Mike Hillman