I am 17 years old and my ultimate job goal is a cyber security professional. I h
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I am 17 years old and my ultimate job goal is a cyber security professional. I have been extensively studying TCP/IP, along with all other subjects in the CompTIA Network+ certification which I hope to obtain soon. I'm very familiar with tools such as OpenVAS, Wireshark, nmap, ect and I'm currently learning Python, and can write bash scripts. My question is what is what are jobs such as network security auditor or cyber security engineer like? and what things should be studied to start on this career path. Also just general information about working in the IT field would be welcomed.
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go offensive.. utilize defcon.org. Get the books mentioned there & read them at least twice. Begin with the foundations.. TCP/IP, Computer Architecture, Packet Analysis, Web Applications, DBMS, Web Servers.. Get the presentations from BlackHat and Defcon conferences.
Getting your hands dirty with coding & scripting would be helpful as well. Being auditor is lame, go deep go technical.. In my humble opinion, Penetration Tester, Network Security Engineer or Web application security engineer are the careers to dive into.. Good luck!
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