Chapter 4: Exploring Certifications and College
Skillsets often apply directly to a few different things. One of those is skillsets that you gain from on-the-job training, or mainly being in the field and gaining experience while you're in the thick of it. However, that doesn't always get to be the case for everyone, especially someone outside of cybersecurity trying to get into cybersecurity. Individuals looking to get into cybersecurity often look to college degrees and certifications to help build their skillsets and help them stand out among other aspiring (or even current) cybersecurity professionals.
This chapter is going to cover various certifications that aspiring cybersecurity professionals can achieve to help them get the job they are looking for. Additionally, these certifications are great for road mapping a plan to a particular career that an individual may want to pursue.
In this chapter, we're going to cover the following main topics:
- General...