7 Steps to Take When Pivoting into the Cybersecurity Industry
1. Acquire the fundamental knowledge. This can be achieved via Certifications and Online Courses
2. Improve your Hands-On Skills. Experiment on onsite or offsite environments.
3. Build a great Portfolio. Work on personal and collective projects, improve your writing and documenting skills,Participate in hackathons and CTFs and so on.
4. Grow your network, relate and acquaint with people from the field. Attend Seminars, Industry events, follow or join relevant online communities, follow industry expert and professionals on LinkedIn and Socials
5. Be LinkedIn Active. Build an impressive LinkedIn profile. Connect with HRs and Industry giants. Document your journey
6. Apply for Internships and Entry-Level Positions. Also try and volunteer on Cybersecurity Projects, awareness campaigns when possible.
7.The learning never stops. Keep recycling the process.
This is a low cost credit card sized desktop computer that runs Linux and it also provides a set of GPIO (general purpose input/output) pins. It enables people to explore computing and learn Programming.
2. Rubber Ducky USB
The Rubber ducky looks similar to a USB Pen drive, it can be used for variety of attacks, hack a system, inject a keystroke into a system, inject payloads and also steal information and sensitive data.
3. LAN Turtle
The LAN Turtle by Hak5 is a covert Systems Administration and Penetration Testing tool providing stealth remote access, network intelligence gathering, and man-in-the-middle surveillance capabilities through a simple graphic shell.
Top 10 Movies for Hackers/Cybersecurity Professionals
10. V for Vendetta
This is story of a Vigilante know as V and a young woman Evey. V is portrayed as freedom fighter that wears Guy Fawkes mask and uses terrorist tactics to fight an oppressive, fascist government.
9.The Fifth Estate
This is the story of Wikileaks Founders, who have become Watchdogs of the rich and powerful, leaking secret data. They become embroiled in a battle when the got access to the biggest cache of confidential intelligence documents in U.S
8. Black hat
A Convicted Hacker, Nick, is released from jail on a request of the Chinese government , after the code he created was used in a cyberattack in Hong Kong. Nick and his comrades are then tasked on finding the Cybercrimals.