Practical Foundations in Cybersecurity
  • 🖌️Practical Foundations in Cybersecurity
  • 1. IT career planning
    • Introduction - IT career planning
    • IT career paths – everything you need to know
    • Job roles in IT and cybersecurity
    • How to break into information security
    • The Security Operations Center (SOC) career path
    • The GRC analyst role
    • How to get CCNA certification
    • Job search strategy
  • 2. Introduction to cybersecurity
    • Introduction - Introduction to cybersecurity
    • Foundational cybersecurity concepts and practices
    • The cybersecurity threat landscape
    • Common cyber attacks
    • Risk mitigation methods
    • Network security risk mitigation best practices
  • 3. Cybersecurity GRC
    • Introduction - Cybersecurity GRC
    • Cybersecurity GRC
  • 4. Networking fundamentals
    • Introduction - Networking fundamentals
    • How data flow through the Internet
  • 5. Wireless security and cryptography
    • Introduction - Wireless security and cryptography
    • SSL/TLS cryptography
    • Wireless network security
  • 6. Practical foundations in ethical hacking
    • Introduction - Practical foundations in ethical hacking
    • Ethical assessment of teaching ethical hacking
    • The ethical teaching of ethical hacking
    • Professional ethical hacking body of knowledge
      • The ethics of ethical hackers
      • The penetration testing process
      • What do ethical hackers do?
    • Who are ethical hackers?
  • 7. Conclusion
    • Introduction - Conclusion
    • Final words
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  1. 1. IT career planning

Introduction - IT career planning

This chapter introduces students to emerging IT and cybersecurity career paths and job roles. Further, this chapter will help students plan for a rewarding career in IT

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Chapter 1: IT career planning

This chapter introduces students to emerging IT and cybersecurity career paths and job roles. Further, this chapter will help students strategize for and organize their job search and career development activities.

This chapter will help students:

• Plan for a career in IT and cybersecurity.

• Understand emerging IT and cybersecurity career paths and job roles.

• Understand key technologies, skills, and industry certifications that can help them land their dream job.

• Identify the skills and practices of in-demand cybersecurity job roles such as System Administrator, Network Administrator, Incident Responder, Penetration Tester, Cloud Engineer, Cybersecurity Manager, and GRC Analyst.

• Plan and execute a job search and career development strategy in IT and cybersecurity.

Topics covered in this chapter

IT career paths – everything you need to know
Job roles in IT and cybersecurity
How to break into information security
The Security Operations Center (SOC) career path
The GRC analyst role
How to get CCNA certification
Job search strategy