Navigating the cybersecurity career path
Book - 2021
In "Navigating the Cybersecurity Career Path", decorated Chief Information Security Officer Helen Patton delivers a practical and insightful discussion designed to assist aspiring cybersecurity professionals entering the industry and help those already in the industry advance their careers and lead their first security teams.
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- Published
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
[2021]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- xxiii, 312 pages ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781119833420
- Foreword: Navigating the Cybersecurity Career Path
- Introduction
- Part I. Arriving in Security
- Chapter 1. How Do You Become a Security Professional?
- Create Your Story
- So, You Want to Work in Security
- What's Next?
- Chapter 2. Why Security?
- What Kind of People Do Security?
- What Is Your Why?
- What's Next?
- Chapter 3. Where Can I Begin?
- What Does It Mean to Be a Security Professional?
- How Can You Make Sense of It All?
- What's Next?
- Chapter 4. What Training Should I Take?
- For the Traditional Student
- For the Non traditional Student
- For the Full-Time Nonsecurity Worker
- Other Things to Consider
- What's Next?
- Chapter 5. What Skills Should I Have?
- The Entry Point - Technology
- Professional Skills
- What's Next?
- Chapter 6. Is My Résumé Okay?
- Linking the Résumé to the Job Posting
- Elements of a Résumé
- Digital Presence
- References
- Cover Letters
- What's Next?
- Chapter 7. Trying with Little Success?
- Physical Location
- Your Company
- Get Specific
- Know Your Market
- Assess Your Efforts So Far
- But I'm Doing All Those Things!
- What's Next?
- Part II. Thriving in Security
- Chapter 8. How Do I Keep Up?
- Fitting It Into Your Schedule
- Ad Hoc and Planned Learning
- Take a Mini-Sabbatical
- Where Do I Find the Information?
- What's Next?
- Chapter 9. How Can I Manage Security Stress?
- The Stress of Working in Security
- Managing Security Stress
- What's Next?
- Chapter 10. How Can I Succeed as a Minority?
- Making Security Work for You
- What's Next?
- Chapter 11. How Can I Progress?
- The Security Journey
- The Opportunist
- The Intentional Career Seeker
- How to Get Promoted
- What's Next?
- Chapter 12. Should I Manage People?
- Leadership and Management
- Preparing for Your Next Role
- What's Next?
- Chapter 13. How Can I Deal with Impostor Syndrome?
- Fact-Check Your Inner Monologue
- Know Competence and Incompetence
- Know When to Ask for Help
- Keep Learning and Know When Enough Is Enough
- Keep Track of Your Successes
- What's Next?
- Chapter 14. How Can I Know If It's Time to Move On?
- Are You Happy Where You Are?
- Have You Done All You Wanted to Do?
- Have You Learned All You Wanted?
- What Are Your Long-Term Goals?
- Are You Being Pigeonholed?
- Do You Fit Into the Culture?
- Job Hopping
- Are the Other Options Better than Your Current Job?
- What's Next?
- Part III. Leading Security
- Chapter 15. Where Do I Start?
- What's on Fire?
- What Is Your Timeline to Act?
- Who Are Your Partners?
- Find the Strengths and Note the Weaknesses
- Draw the Business Risk Picture
- Do You Have a Mandate?
- What's Next?
- Chapter 16. How Do I Manage Security Strategically?
- Consider Your Industry
- Know Your Business Priorities
- Be Pragmatic
- Address Stakeholder Pain Points
- Threats and Vulnerabilities
- Rinse and Repeat
- Putting It Together
- What's Next?
- Chapter 17. How Do I Build a Team?
- It Is About the How
- Things to Consider
- Identify Important Things
- Identify Areas of Weakness
- Discontinuing a Function
- Building New Functions
- What's Next?
- Chapter 18. How Do I Write a Job Posting?
- The Challenge of Job Postings
- What's Next?
- Chapter 19. How Do I Encourage Diversity?
- Start with Numbers
- Understand Your Cultural Issues
- Attracting Diverse Talent
- Writing the Job Description and Posting
- The Interviewing Process
- Retaining Diverse Talent
- Promotions and Career Development
- Leaving the Team
- What's Next?
- Chapter 20. How Do I Manage Up?
- Who Are Senior Stakeholders?
- Help Them Understand Security
- When Things Go Wrong
- What's Next?
- Chapter 21. How Do I Fund My Program?
- Funding a Team
- Funding a Program
- The Big Ask
- What's Next?
- Chapter 22. How Do I Talk About My Security Program?
- What Story Should I Tell?
- Telling Stories
- What's Next?
- Chapter 23. What Is My Legacy?
- Making an Impact on the Industry
- Making an Impact on Your Company
- What's Next?
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Resources
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- Index