This chapter has extensively looked at the issue of establishing strong careers in cybersecurity. It began by going through the general cybersecurity roles in the job market today. The listed roles, which were not exhaustive, included pen testers, cybersecurity consultants, cybersecurity manager, cybersecurity analysts, cybersecurity engineers, CISOs, CSOs, computer system administrators, cryptographers, computer forensic experts, network security engineers, information assurance technicians, data security analysis, IT security compliance analysts, and system security specialists. These, among many other cybersecurity roles, are getting a lot of demand in the job market.
We then looked at the skills that you can choose to acquire in order to be considered for any of the listed cybersecurity roles. It was noted that acquiring these skills would almost guarantee a job since...
