Another point of entry into IT (then to security) is through help desk positions. You start with mundane tier 1 support like routing tickets and password resets, but if you continue learning and demonstrate a good work ethic in the right company, you can be promoted. Study in your own time
On Jan 20, 2011, at 11:34 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:10:48 GMT, Emmanuel Apreko said: >> After researching i found out that the most prestigious security >> certification >> is the CISSP and it seems like a very long journey to it since i have no >> experience in it at all but need to get my foot in. > > Since the CISSP requires 4 or 5 years of practical experience, those positions > will (or at least should be) written for experienced people. What you will > probably have to do is look for positions tagged "entry level". Find one of > those positions, find a mentor, and start learning as much as you can on the > job. I know a number of people who took a job as an entry-level sysadmin, and > made sure they were visible when positions opened up in the security office. > I've known web developers who appointed themselves the security auditor for > web > development projects (checking for SQL injection, XSS, and all the other > well-known issues that are important to check for but nobody else will > volunteer to audit for), and then leveraged that into a full-blown security > role. You may want to look at taking a sysadmin job at a smaller company, or > maybe a small college, that doesn't even *have* a security office yet - and > *create* it. Plenty of options out there, but most of them requires some > creative thinking to find. > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
