How I Started in Cybersecurity with No Experience (Step-by-Step Detailed Guide)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- Timestamps:
1:30- Step 1: Identifying a Role
1:44- Penetration Tester Role
2:30-SOC Analyst
3:15- Vulnerability Management Analyst
4:55- GRC Analyst
6:59- Step2: Build a Foundational Skillset
10:18- Step 3: Gain Practical Experience
12:19- Step 4: Build Your Network(the correct way)
14:23 - Step 5: Writing a Perfect Resume
15:09 - Step 6: Nailing Your Interview
17:44 - Step 7: Evaluate Your Offers
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I'm Markel Samuel, a Senior Cybersecurity Compliance Consultant by day and content creator by night, helping people fulfill their dream of becoming a cybersecurity professional. I've been in the industry now for about 5 years in total, and I've helped people crack the code and get into the industry now for about 3 years.
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1:30- Step 1: Identifying a Role
1:44- Penetration Tester Role
2:30-SOC Analyst
3:15- Vulnerability Management Analyst
4:55- GRC Analyst
6:59- Step2: Build a Foundational Skillset
10:18- Step 3: Gain Practical Experience
12:19- Step 4: Build Your Network(the correct way)
14:23 - Step 5: Writing a Perfect Resume
15:09 - Step 6: Nailing Your Interview
17:44 - Step 7: Evaluate Your Offers
Where are these jobs or internships?
1:30 - Step 1: Identifying a Role
1:44 - Penetration Tester Role
2:30 -SOC Analyst
3:15 - Vulnerability Management Analyst
4:55 - GRC Analyst
6:59 - Step 2: Build a Foundational Skillset
10:18 - Step 3: Gain Practical Experience
12:19 - Step 4: Build Your Network (the correct way)
14:23 - Step 5: Writing a Perfect Resume
15:09 - Step 6: Nailing Your Interview
17:44 - Step 7: Evaluate Your Offers
Lol I was working for Playstation, and I had to do all 4 of these in my daily tasks. Get good at everything ppl
I’ve gotten my Google Cybersecurity Professional Cert, ISC2 CC & I take my Security + at the end of this month. I’m really leaning towards GRC since I also have a Criminal Justice Bachelors Degree & can simply get a masters at WGU. Technical Skills have definitely been put on the back burner for me 😭😭 great video & recommendations btw 🙌🏽
🎉🎉🎉🎉Aye!!!!!! I'm switching careers now and I'm just starting my Google Cert... has it been helpful? Studying for A+ then Security+
@@str8jenn.nochaseryess. The Google cert helped me pass my ISC2 about 2 weeks after finishing it. & I also am using that knowlege, the Professor Messor Sec+ course on youtube & practice exams on Wiley & Linked In to study for my Security+. I take it the 24th.
@@str8jenn.nochaser yess. Just make sure you use a couple different resources & focus on actual practice questions . We got this 💪🏽
How did your security + go?
@@SmoothCoaxingI passed with a 764 🎉 currently enrolling in WGU Masters program for Cybersecurity 🙏🏽
I just passed my ICS2 last week, it is still free but don’t fool yourself it’s not so easy. It’s not just about knowing the five domains but requires critical thinking.
How much does it cost to take the exam ?
It’s currently free still
I agree. I passed it last year but man it was not a breeze lol.
@@1goldenbutterfly Thanks for the input. Can you please tell me if this certificate helped you in anyway and what was your next move after passing? I'm preparing for the same exam.
I recently became a cybersecurity analyst (Identity & Access Management) at my company after 4 years of help desk and desktop support and what really helped me was shadowing the IT Security and putting myself out there so my current boss gave me an opportunity as a position for security analyst opened on her team.
congrats man, wish my boss was like that in showed my interest in tech and even fixing their laser technology guide and computer issues but still no opportunities even tho i have proven my worth i will be leaving that company august for an analyst job now I'm getting all my certificates
How'd you break into help desk? I'm a cyber student at the moment and don't graduate for another 2 years and I see most help desk jobs want full timers?
@@S_xpreme I started help desk in 2019 after a referral from a former classmate at my community college
making a video like this without timestamps is absolutely insanee
1:30- Step 1: Identifying a Role
1:44- Penetration Tester Role
2:30-SOC Analyst
3:15- Vulnerability Management Analyst
4:55- GRC Analyst
6:59- Step2: Build a Foundational Skillset
10:18- Step 3: Gain Practical Experience
12:19- Step 4: Build Your Network(the correct way)
14:23 - Step 5: Writing a Perfect Resume
15:09 - Step 6: Nailing Your Interview
17:44 - Step 7: Evaluate Your Offers
Gotchu bro!
I love how he was literally like “I gotchu fam” LITERALLY 🤣
How about just watch the video lol
😂 constructive criticism is key 💯
Nice gems dropped bro! 🔥 It’ll be cool to see a day in the life of your current position. Or a video on your salary progression from help desk to Grc. 🤙🏽
Yup, I just asked the CISO. Ate crap for a few years and was the go-for. Helped coming from IT. It’s a great field if you can stomach the work and hours.
I came here to see the young talent shine ✨
Hey Markel, I appreciate your video and the gems dropped. The question I have is, how do you recommend building a portfolio? I actually landed an IT role without most things and considered myself lucky and blessed. But now I don't know how to practically apply myself to grow with better roles.
Hey I really enjoy your videos! I'm about to watch your most recently posted one, and honestly I've learned a lot from you. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and please post more!! You're doing great.
Just landed an entry level IT job that's actually training me for my CompTIA A+ exam; that starts June 17th. And then my anticipated start date for WGU is July 1st!
I appreciate it @kylindlm, comments like this keep me going!
Throwing shade at Bowtiedcyber
The answer is here: 9:25 , he had a degree. he just wanted to make a video and made this with a teleprompter in front.
Amazing video bro, really detailed!!. Is the resume template shareable?
Sure, attached is this website that I used. resumeworded.com/cyber-security-resume-examples
@@markelsamuel1618 Thank you for providing this link!
I am a rising junior student, and I wanted to get into security architecture/ threat intelligence, but the market's been tough for internships. Don't even matter which internship I do cause once u get your foot in the door, u can hop from one place to another smoothly.
Reach out to me via LinkedIn. www.linkedin.com/in/markel-samuel
@@markelsamuel1618 just connected 😀
@@markelsamuel1618 hey connected and sent a message! I appreciate the time and effort!
Can i also reach out to you cause i am very confused with which particular area i want to be . @@markelsamuel1618
A real question: how would I make the transition from trucking into Tech or cyber?
Went to school for IT for almost 10 years. Six months in the school closed, vanished. So I went to work, long story short got all my endorsement now I make 110k a year. So now I have a lot down time and I'm back figuring out should I jump back and if I do , How? And how do I make the equivalent if possible?
Through all these videos, I'm starting to see a different reality of along path where I have to fight for a job, where as a driver I'm in demand every where I go.
Should I take a boot camp at Thrive or 4 year degree while I work?
Well done!
17:04 Damn that's a bar.
This is was helpful! Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks! Nice video, but with 0 experience why do Nuff people say I should start with ComptiA+, Security +, and then Network? That creates a lot of confusion sometimes. And some say if you start with Google cert you still have to take A+. Anyway am looking to start from scratch so I can get a help desk job then I'll work my way up there.
No one path fits all, just look at the job descriptions for the jobs you want to apply to and reverse engineer your way into it with complete body of work!
Man I’m 23. I graduated and went to college for cybersecurity. Did a semester and stopped. I been in trucking since then… trying to get back into cyber now but lost on where to begin
" Cloud " is just the codename for storing your data on someone else's hard driver 🥴😭
Was just suggesting the certification.
You don't have a CompTia Security+ Cert?!?
Great video bro, I'm in South Africa starting in cybersecurity with CompTIA n+, s+, cloud+, Qualys, Splunk Core Power User and Microsoft SC-200. Any recommendation which certs should I do next that can land me a SOC Analyst job?
Thank you, I’ll be making a video soon on specific certs for these fields described. I would go for you CYSA to ensure you have all the federal certs needed
If you have all that you should be fine.. maybe you just good at testing or something
Can i contact you?
“How to get a job with no experience”
“Get experience” 😂
Hey I didn’t say how to get a job with no experience, I said how I started with no experience😂😉
Nice info, I want to get into cyber work for a US company but I want to live in another country.
I've read it's not easy with cyber because companies are uncomfortable with the security risks of employees travelling to other countries.
Which roles do you think best suit a frequent traveller who wants to work abroad?
Is there a reason why you want it to be in the US ?
@@markelsamuel1618 My bad if I wasnt clear. I meant for any1 who wants to work abroad.
For example, if you work remotely for a US company now but wanted to take that same role to another country. The US company you work for may not allow you to work abroad because of potential security risks.
I just thought maybe some roles in tech are less strict because not dealing with sensitive data.
Do you know of any roles in cyber where its fairly easy for companies to grant permission to work abroad or is it unheard of?
Thanks for your information and the pathway to land for entry level cyber security role. Do you know what is the best way to learn and bulid a personal project for GRC?
I’ll be posting something soon with more details on specific skills needed and how to get them!
Hey Markel do u live in DMV?
@4thekulture616 I live in Columbia, SC
Great video.
Thanks!
Please how can I begin my career path in cyber security am interested in it
Nice content
Great video. Question.. I hear people talk about knowing your frameworks for GRC. How do we go about learning them? Is there a certification, I can get for NIST OR HIPPA for example?
Certifications for specific frameworks do exist, for example PCI-DSS has either an Internal Assessor Certification the ISA, or an external Security Assessor or QSA (Qualified Security Assessor). However, these certifications are incredibly expensive and can only be paid for by your employer (unless you're a self-employed individual). The best way to go about learning these frameworks is utilize the free resources out there such as www.nist.gov/cyberframework (NIST CSF) www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/laws-regulations/index.html (HIPAA) www.pcisecuritystandards.org/ (PCI DSS). This is strictly for knowledge, if you want to validate that you know these there are several courses and I also recommend making LinkedIn post talking about these frameworks to have a track record you can show to a future employer.
Also VOLUNTEER, VOLUNTEER, VOLUNTEER at whatever organization you Intern for or are working on Help Desk. Also, don't be afraid to write a sample of policies to share in interviews are on applications for GRC positions.
@@markelsamuel1618 Good looks! Thanks for the response. Appreciate that!
Bruh, I will never have a bachelor's. Practical experience is something I can get. But the school/college bachelor stuff is a hard pass. I'm too old with too little time and money for school. Can't I just get certifications while doing entry level help desk? Also the National director of cybersecurity is pushing companies to look for skill based hiring rather than people who've gone to school. So what do you think about all this if one has and can gain practical experience vs school?
@vince_86 Bro you can go the certifications route but getting certifications also don’t ensure you have the “practical” skills needed. I have worked for 7 companies, I have yet to meet someone who got the job with a boot camp and some certs. However those that do have jobs without degrees have some sort of practical experience that separated them so I agree Vince skills and experience will win in the end, getting a bachelors tho is proven to make it easier for you to initially get past HR.
@@markelsamuel1618 Thank you for time. Appreciate your guidance on the matter!
Sounds like you should have gone to school
@@RJ-fz9sp We didnt grow up in a place where thats possible. Some people arent that fortunate and have many responsibilities that take importance over going to school. life is not a silver platter for everyone, and money dont grow on trees where im from
@@Vince_86I was just making a little joke because you said you have no money but don’t want to go to school but since you want to make cute little excuses, the difference between the person you are and the person you want to be is: the person you want to be makes their own circumstances and joins the military (like me) or something equivalent, and the person you are blames their circumstances for their present situation and assumes others must be the beneficiaries of a “silver platter”. Moral of the story, figure it tf out. It’s called sacrifice. Part time night class at a community college is a great start.
I'm a SysAdmin and left my job to study more on my certifications. I am doing my Network+ and brushing up my Cisco as well. The thing is should I still do Network+ or just go to Security+?
Network+ for knowledge of ports and protocols at a fundamental level vs. Security+ for better marketability and CIA Triad and basic Security Knowledge. Your choice bro, but if you want to go the Security route, I would recommend Sec+.
I'm looking forward to getting the macbook because i start schoolin August❤
Some great advice and tools. However, not realistic to do all of this including a BA all at the same time. Not for the average American.
bro i am from india i learned iso 27001 certification i am a fresher how would i get a job please suggest mee
Hey, experience is key, look for some sort of internship or help desk role, take some time to study and pass foundational certifications, and begin a self-paced bachelors degree. WGU has a program you can complete in a 1 year.
hey man can you share the template of that resume you displayed?
Sure, attached is this website that I used. resumeworded.com/cyber-security-resume-examples
Hey, I recently graduated with my bachelors in psychology back in January. I was wondering if I should get my masters in cybersecurity from wgu or get another bachelors. I really don’t want to go back to school for 4 years so I was really considering the masters program.
Honestly, you might be fine applying now with a bachelors, I would try a test run of applications after you get your certifications, set a date to start your masters and if you can get a jobs before you start the masters program than you’re all set. Once you get the certs try for some paid internship opportunities as well. For the certs you’re looking at about a $300 investment but you’ll need them regardless.
I’m doing the WGU Masters they give you 5 certificates I plan on getting a few on my own as well. Love the classes the professors and mentors. I’m about to start my third class I started in May I’m doing about a class per month! You can technically do the whole program in one semester. I’m going a bit slower as I work full time and this a shift from my current IT role as systems analyst for my home state. The average completion is a year or you can drag it out up to 2 years I’m shooting for a year to year and a half.
Anyway I can talk to you directly? I currently work as a I.T Technician for a school district. Have 5 months of EXP. What can I do to get into GRC? I’m currently getting my Security+ right now
Two options, you could join the Patreon or you could book time with me. To schedule some time with me to chat:
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Please sir I can I begin my career path in cyber security
Am very much interested in it
What school did you get your degree at and what degree was it
I wouldn't recommend this, but I went to a traditional 4-year school and finished in 3 years. Expensive and time consuming! I would recommend a self-paced good bachelors degree that you can do as quickly as possible. WGU is a great program, currently taking my masters there.
University Of Central Florida is offering a cybersecurity boot camp with a voucher for comp Tia security + for $18k a 9 month program that will help you with experience, resume, advisors. Do you think this is too much to spend?
Way too much. Just hop on udemy and buy a self pace course for $20-$50 bucks. You’ll get it done in a month or 2. Depends on tou
Where can I find the certified in cybersecurity cert at?
If you google it, it will come. ISC2 CC
www.isc2.org/certifications/cc
I feel like this is cap lol i have my BS in Cybersecurity, a+ Net+ sec+ CC and CySA+. Been applying for months on end. I already work in a base IT level job and i cant even get a call back. No calls. No interviews. Nothing. Just rejection emails everytime. Im giving upn it before i ever touch it. Im fed up and discouraged. Im getting a secind bachelor's degree in something else and saying screw it. I stuffed all my certs and degrees in my closet lol i cant stanf looking at it anymore without getting angry.
There’s more steps than just certs and degree. If you’ve been applying for months with no response then it’s probably your resume. Don’t get discouraged, feel free to send me your resume to my email for feedback.
It's most likely your resume and/or cover letter.
hR uses cover letters to weed ppl out. If you submit a job application that has an option to attach 'supported docs'/cover letter and you do not attach one, your application goes to the trash
Hi,
I’m a Network Systems Security Specialist. I would advise to revise your resume and highlight any projects you’ve done on the side during your undergrad as-well as your IT professional career. Use keywords from the job description and try to cater it to your resume and showcase your experience. Don’t feel discouraged, and keep on applying regardless if you get a rejection. When I look at potential candidates resumes, I highlight their accomplishments and what they’ve done project wise so I can ask about it during our engagement . If you need help revising your resume, please advise and I can assist you.
Sounds like lots of cyber security folks are not busy. Everyone producing some kinda content related to cybersecurity on TH-cam.The truth is the field is over saturated and really, really get into…
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Could you please share your email address i need your help to switch the carrier into security
Join the Patreon, you can comm with me personally.
Welp if security + is the easier, then I am doomed. I failed it twice and yes I have a bachelors. I tried messer videos and Darrel’s book. I still just can’t pass it. Any advice?
Also, I love fashion but idk how to implement it in cyber. I wanted to go back to school for fashion. I know there are no jobs for it but I love it and at least I love it lol I’m just frustrated. My wedding planning business is slow as well. I would love your advice!
Also, I love fashion but idk how to implement it in cyber. I wanted to go back to school for fashion. I know there are no jobs for it but I love it and at least I love it lol I’m just frustrated. My wedding planning business is slow as well. I would love your advice!
Hey @deemathefashiondesigner, reach out to me directly on my LinkedIn, I want to give a more personalized answer.
www.linkedin.com/in/markel-samuel/
@@markelsamuel1618 I added you. It won’t let me message you unless I am in premium.
Good content
Great video bro 🤝
Thank you Markel for an awesome content. I have just graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems from a reputable university. I took a couple networking classes. I am looking to land an entry level role in Cybersecurity. It’s been very difficult to land an internship. Please what do you advise I do to move forward. Also, I just sent you a request to connect on LinkedIn. I would appreciate any advise / things you can offer to help in the right direction. I have also studied the PCI DSS framework but have no practical experience. Thanks for your help.
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