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A career is a chosen occupation or profession, which is undertaken for a longer period of a person’s life.

A career is a chosen occupation or profession, which is undertaken for a longer period of a person’s life. For "having a job" to be a career, the job has to come with opportunities for progress.

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What are the career paths in the computer security field?

What sorts of jobs are there, in which organizations, with what sorts of day-to-day responsibilities? What areas are good for folks coming out of school, vs what are good 2nd careers for experienced folks coming from various disciplines?
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What are the career paths in the (illegal) computer security field?

As a whitehat pentester I often wonder about the darkside. I see myself working in the office, and imagine that there is someone just like me in China or Romania or in their parent's basement that is pretty much doing the exact same thing, but…
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How can you become a competent web application security expert without breaking the law?

This question was asked here on Programmers Exchange, but it was suggested I ask here as well since most of the experts would likely hang out on IT Security exchange instead. I find this to be equivalent to undercover police officers who join a…
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Programmer to Security Professional

I am a software developer (mostly .NET and Python about 2-3 years exp.) looking to break into the Computer Security field. I have a GWAPT cert and will have both GSSP-NET and Network+ certs by the end of july. I am a member of OWASP and ISSA in…
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As a beginner in IT Security, should I learn TCP/IP?

I'm a university lecturer and a web and desktop software developer. For many reasons I want to learn software security to change my field in the long run. It's been a few days that I've started studying tcp/ip as my first step in this still…
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Pursuing a career in Malware Analysis

When I was a kid, I want to become a Malware Analyst and work in a Antivirus company. At that time, I love to try out different antivirus solutions and did a research project on Computer virus/antivirus back in High school. I'm interested in…
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What is a pen tester?

I asked two pen testers what exactly it is that they do. One of them has told me that all he ever does is try to find exploits in the software in order to gain access to internal servers and nothing more. The other said that it is trying to find a…
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Programming language for network security

I am working as a tester now. I am planning to move to the domain of security such as a CEH or CISSP. But many say that to be a great hacker you need to know at least one programming language well. I already know a bit of Java. But I just wanted to…
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Freelance security work

What types of jobs within IT security lend themselves best to freelancing or working remotely, as opposed to being a standard office job?
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What does working in cybersecurity look like?

I am thinking of working in cybersecurity since a while now (I am doing a bachelor degree in computer science and I have one in mathematics). However, I don't know what it really looks like. And before considering what kind of future studies I…
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How should one prepare himself for a job interview for penetration testing?

So, the title basically says it all. I would really like to hear out some of the more experienced friends here with their answers for this. Should it revolve around the ability to verbally explain attacks at a non-technical\technical level? Should…
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How do security professionals measure their success?

How do security professionals measure their success and how do they communicate this to others in their organizations? The way I see it, if no security incidents occur then either the security team is doing a good job, there was no threat to begin…
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Difference between a security analyst and a security engineer?

Looking out for jobs/internships, I see these two designations used almost interchangeably at times and at other times they mean different things. So as someone who have no experience in security, what is the difference between these two?
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confused: computer security & software development career tracks

I'm a recent computer science graduate. I like computer security and want to be a security architect. I googled it and saw that the start point is to be a system administrator, but system administration is not my dream job; I especially love to…
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Security Engineers - What Do They Do?

I'm starting my MS in Computer Science (I hold a BS currently) soon and I'm considering specializing in cyber security. I'll be taking courses such as cryptography, biometrics, network security, computer architecture, and information and security…
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