, 2008-01-31
A lot of the emails sent to me ask a basic question: Just how does one break into computer security or what skills should you learn to get that first security job. Lately though, I have been receiving many more queries on specifically how one can leverage an existing skill set to become an information-technology security analyst.
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Skills for the Future
2008-02-01
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Skills for the Future - HA!
2008-02-14
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I would say you are doing a disservice to both the info sec community and the sys admin one by your post. My rebuttal to you would be as follows. If you want to attain status as an upper end info sec analyst then yes indeed you need to be able to code and read C and ASM plus scripting and other skills. That said, there are a ton of very good info sec analysts who cannot code in C or ASM or PHP for that matter. They can however do a very good job of securing networks. I don't want to regurgitate comments I have made in the past reference your comments, suffice it say that I don't agree, and yes, I make a handsome living with my present skillset.
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