- Let's start with roles and responsibilities.
If you are new to the cybersecurity field,
this can be a little bit challenge
because the cybersecurity field has many ramifications.
You need to understand where you are going to join.
When you are applying for a job you need to understand
exactly what the role is about
and what are the responsibilities for that role.
It's super important because many times when you see
a job title and you think about,
"Oh, I want to do this job,"
when you go to the responsibilities
it can vary in different companies.
So, you need to really understand, even before apply,
if the job fits into what you are looking for.
It can become a little bit of a challenge
because the term cybersecurity is very inflated
and there is a lot of ramifications.
I usually say that is almost say I'm a doctor
when you say I'm a cybersecurity professional
because when you say I'm a doctor
the next question is, oh, what is your specialty?
Are you a surgeon or are you a neurologist?
What is your specialty, right?
Same thing is cybersecurity.
What is your specialty?
The cybersecurity is a domain that has a lot
of ramification, so you need to research a lot
about what really fits into your profile short term
to get into the market and in the long term,
what you wanna do when you evolve within this field.
Not only that, but you are gonna be part
of a larger organization.
So, how those pieces come together,
how are you going to collaborate with other teams?
It's very important to understand the team
that you are part on, the responsibilities of the team
because at the end of the day,
you have to help the team to achieve their goals.
So, it's not only about your job per se,
but how you fit into the organization
and how you collaborate with all the peers
across the organization to achieve that common goal.
This is very important and sometimes these are questions
that you can even ask during the interview.
Okay, I understand the job.
What about the organization that I'll be working on?
What is really the goal of the organization?
What you guys are trying to achieve,
and how can I help to fulfill that vision, right?
Here are some examples that you can use
when you think about, okay, there are a set of things
that I need to do in this job.
I'm gonna say functions of the job and the job roles.
Now, this is basically an example, right?
Because as I said, cybersecurity architect is a job role.
The responsibilities of a cybersecurity architect can
and most likely will vary according to the company.
So, you really need to pay attention
to the job description when you are applying
for a position, for example, you say,
"Oh, there is a position about that says
"cybersecurity architect.
"That's sounds pretty cool.
"Oh, okay, so let me take a look,"
and on the job description in the responsibilities,
in this case here of the example,
what we have is responses for altering policy and standards.
So, there's a set of things that is expected you to do
in this role, and sometimes interchange,
as I mentioned here, compliance analysts, information
IT analysts, all these other job roles can also touch
on those items, on those functions.
Same thing for network security.
You have a network secure professional,
you have network secure architect,
these job titles can do this type of work.
So, never think about one job role is static
with one set of description, it can vary.
So, it's very important for you to keep your mind open
about those possibilities because, and never say no
for a position just based on title.
Super important to look at the description
and responsibilities.
So, this is just a set of examples
for secure operation centers as well, SOC analysts,
intrusion detection analysts, IT operations,
computer forensic analysts.
Each one of those job roles may have something common
with some different doubters.
For example, if you think about a computer forensic analyst,
they will do way more than just detect
and responding to potential incidents.
They will look deeper into the other things.
So, you have those doubters that will dictate
which knowledge you need to have.