If you want to pursue a career in cybersecurity (and there’s no reason you shouldn’t, at least in terms of financial benefits), here are some of the traits you’ll need to possess.
1. Consistency and Solid Workflow:
To begin, you’ll need some essential work habits, such as working methodically and in a detailed manner. Perseverance, or being consistent while doing anything, is a necessary characteristic. The following abilities are also useful:
->Eagerness to dive into technical queries and examine them from all angles.
->Enthusiasm and a high degree of flexibility.
->Excellent analytical and diagnostic abilities.
->Knowledge and Understanding of common Web-Vulnerabilities.
->Aware of the current standards, practices, and procedures.
2. Soft and Interpersonal Skills:
In addition to the above-mentioned skills, security professionals must frequently discuss complex topics with non-technical people. With that in mind, mastering the following skills is typically required for advancement on the cybersecurity ladder:
->Excellent presentation and communication skills that are required to communicate productively with management and customers.
->Ability to clearly portray complex concepts (both written and verbal).
->Capability and application of active listening skills (especially with customers).
From a cybersecurity perspective, soft skills will enable you to identify examples of and explain, social engineering, which is a contemporary issue within the security community. You can implement all kinds of hardware and software security measures in place, but hackers can still use social engineering to persuade unsuspecting employees to give them their credentials in order to access the otherwise-secure systems.
3. Core Technical Skills:
What technical skills do cybersecurity experts require? This is a difficult question to answer, as there are numerous sub-domains in the cybersecurity field. Many of those jobs share a common technical base.
->Understanding of architecture, administration, and management of various Operating Systems, Networking, and Virtualization Software as well as things like Firewalls and Network Load Balancers.
->Need to understand more common programming languages like Java, and C/C++ and scripting languages like Python, PHP, Perl, Shell, and so on.
Many employers require certifications as a prerequisite for a job, and it’s easy to see why.
According to recent surveys, degrees and certifications are major factors in hiring. Some important certifications in the field of cybersecurity are as follows:
->Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
->Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
->Certified Information Security Auditor (CISA)
->Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
->GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
->Information Systems Security Architecture Professional (CISSP-ISSAP)
->Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (CISSP-ISSEP)
->Information Systems Security Management Professional (CISSP-ISSMP)
4. Management and Coordination:
Meanwhile, senior cybersecurity professionals must organize and coordinate technical vulnerability assessments and ensure the implementation of secure infrastructure solutions. They make recommendations, set technical direction for managing security incidents, and ensure the integrity of the resulting process and approach. In terms of soft skills, they’ll need to explain to management (and demonstrate forensically) how an attack was carried out.
5. Knowledge of laws: (relevant to their domain)
Professionals at all levels must understand not only security concepts and principles but also the most recent privacy and security regulations. For example, The Electronic Transactions Act, of 2008 and The Individual Privacy Act, of 2018 issued by GoN. No wonder many analysts consistently rank security and privacy as the top two issues confronting businesses today. Failure to maintain security not only exposes data to hackers but also exposes businesses to fines from government entities increasingly concerned about how data is managed.
6. Implementation Skills:
Any good cybersecurity professional understands how to evaluate a company’s security setup, including threat modeling, specifications, implementation, testing, and vulnerability assessment. They are also familiar with security issues related to operating systems, networking, and virtualization software. They study the architecture of the system and use that information to identify the security controls in place and how they are used. Depending on the work, junior cybersecurity professionals may use their coding skills to write tools that automate specific security tasks, and there is often a choice of pre-built tools that will
automate many functions.
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