Becoming a Self-Taught Cybersecurity Pro
Cybersecurity pros are in high demand. Here's how one system administrator developed his own personal online night school curriculum to gain the expertise for a successful security career.
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If you are looking to take your IT career in a new direction where there's loads of demand, there are several interesting subspecialities, and the pay continues to increase, a career in cybersecurity can't be beat right now.
It's impossible to ignore all the high-profile attacks -- from the SolarWinds supply chain attack
impacting multiple government agencies, to the more recent spate ransomware attacks against gas pipeline company Colonial Pipeline and meat producer JBS, to name a few. The move to work from home and to accelerate digital transformations has only increased the alert level and the demand for cybersecurity pros.