IT Cybersecurity Nottingham College Careers Workshop IT Cybersecurity
IT & Cybersecurity Nottingham College Careers Workshop
IT & Cybersecurity Nottingham College Careers Workshop
Resources blog. rothe. uk/careers © 2018
$ whoami Martin Rothe Security Analyst at Node 4 10 years in Nottingham @m_rothe blog. rothe. uk 6 Years in IT node 4. co. uk ISP/MSSP Started in 2004, now employing ~300 staff HQ in Derby, offices in Nottingham, London, Leeds, Reading and Northampton © 2018
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Why IT/Security?
Why work in IT/Security? $897, 600, 000 65% 4 $7, 910, 000 Amount spent on IT services globally in 2016 Companies surveyed say there’s a ‘global talent crisis’ and the UK is one of the most affected countries Out of the top 10 best payed careers in the UK last year were IT/Computing based Cost of the average data breach to a U. S. company © 2018
Why work in IT/Security? Changing Varied Creative Making a Difference © 2018
IT What careers exist?
Career Areas © 2018
Career Areas © 2018
Career Areas © 2018
Career Areas © 2018
Career Areas Video removed to reduce file size https: //youtu. be/cscnv 3 K 6 BD 0 © 2018
So you want to work in IT?
Getting into IT Knowledge (25%) Experience (35%) Attitude (40%) © 2018
Getting into IT Learn some programming/scripting © 2018
Getting into IT Get experience of different operating systems © 2018
Getting into IT Set up a lab environment © 2018
Getting into IT Set up a lab environment © 2018
Getting into IT Set up a lab environment © 2018
Getting into IT Learn some networking © 2018
Getting into IT Learn some networking © 2018
Getting into IT Learn some networking © 2018
Getting into IT Learn new/emerging technologies Machine learning / Artificial Intelligence Automation Containers & Serverless Dev. Ops © 2018
Courses and Studying Computer Science Computer Games Programming Computer Networks and Security Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence Computer Systems Engineering Placement Years Extra-curricular Activities © 2018
So you want to work in security?
Don’t do illegal stuff © 2018
Getting into Security Pretty much all the stuff from the last section is important, specifically… 1) Linux 2) Websites 3) Networking © 2018
Getting into Security Books ‘Breaking into Information Security’ Andy Gill The Cuckoo’s Egg – Clifford Stoll Ghost in the Wires – Kevin Mitnick © 2018
Getting into Security Podcasts Risky Business SANS Stormcast Smashing Security Cyberwire Humans of Infosec © 2018
Getting into Security Events/Cons BSides Manchester London Leeds Bristol Liverpool Steelcon Securi-Tay Defcon CCC © 2018
Getting into Security Events/Cons Chaos Computer Club https: //www. youtube. com/user/mediacccde BSides London https: //www. youtube. com/channel/UCXXNOel. Gi. Y_N 96 a 2 nfhca. DA Steelcon https: //www. youtube. com/channel/UCK 41 FEbfdxa 9 iat. Nvvrqbtg DEFCON https: //www. youtube. com/user/DEFCONConference © 2018
Getting into Security CTFs https: //www. vulnhub. com https: //ctf 101. org https: //pwnable. tw https: //w 3 challs. com http: //pwnable. kr https: //www. hackthissite. org https: //www. hackthebox. eu © 2018
Getting into Security Twitter @Swift. On. Security @Gossi. The. Dog @cybergibbons @malwareunicorn @Malware. Jake @5683 Monkey @The. Ken. Munro. Show @Random_Robbie @lilyhnewman © 2018
Getting into Security Non-Technical Skills © 2018
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