AWS Security Professionals Share Unconventional Paths Into Cybersecurity
Summary
An AWS security communications professional profiles three people whose varied paths led to security roles, highlighting curiosity, persistence, OSINT work and hands-on learning resources.
Key points
- The author profiles three AWS security professionals whose routes included warehouse work, marketing at a penetration-testing firm and IT support.
- One profile describes learning through online videos, Kali Linux, Hack the Box and TryHackMe before moving into IT and bug bounty work.
- Another describes moving from marketing into OSINT, red-team support and investigations involving missing-person cases.
- The article says OSINT work on one case helped lead to rescues and arrests.
- The third profile describes progressing from IT support through a mentorship program and hiring challenge into a security engineering role.
- The author recommends hands-on labs and OSINT competitions as ways to explore cybersecurity skills.
Article Details
- Topic
- Cybersecurity career journeys and nontraditional paths into security roles
People
Arman SadriSecurity Engineer interviewed about moving from IT support into security after completing a mentorship program and hiring challenge.Justin KnightSecurity Engineer interviewed about his path from warehouse work into cybersecurity and a bug bounty role.Zlata PavlovaSenior Intel Analyst interviewed about moving from marketing into OSINT investigations and cybersecurity.
Products
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