Career transition into cyber security

[ominousbarkingdog]

I'm a qualified IT teacher (B.Ed) and I'm looking at transitioning into a career in cyber security, esp. Cloud Security or pentesting. Unfortunately I don't have any other IT qualifications at present. What is more, cert exams are damn expensive.

Can anyone recommend a starting point? Perhaps a valuable (and affordable) cert to pursue, or a vacancy to look out for?


Thanks

 

[|tera|]

Learn the courses, you don't need to pay for certs until you choose a direction.

Have a look here for free resources.

www.cybrary.it

 

[PPLdude]

If you want to learn the basics AND get a cert out of it at the end of the day, then:

eJPT Certification - eLearnSecurity

The eJPT designation stands for eLearnSecurity Junior Penetration Tester. eJPT is a 100% practical certification on penetration testing and information security essentials. By passing the challenging exam and obtaining the eJPT certificate, a penetration tester can prove their skills in the...

elearnsecurity.com

It's free course work + Labs.

While this alone won't get you a pentesting job, it's a start.

Obviously OSCP is the gold standard of pentesting cert.

To learn:

HackTheBox (Free)
TryHackMe (Free rooms)
ProvingGrounds (Created by offsec - Paid) (FREE training labs with dedicated machines that are designed and submitted by the VulnHub community.)


People say ProvingGrounds was more useful for their OSCP prep compared to the actual labs OSCP provides.

HackSouth Discord: https://discord.gg/NpMeJHgT

 

[ominousbarkingdog]

Learn the courses, you don't need to pay for certs until you choose a direction.

Have a look here for free resources.

www.cybrary.it

Yeah that makes sense. Thanks.

 

[ominousbarkingdog]

If you want to learn the basics AND get a cert out of it at the end of the day, then:

eJPT Certification - eLearnSecurity

The eJPT designation stands for eLearnSecurity Junior Penetration Tester. eJPT is a 100% practical certification on penetration testing and information security essentials. By passing the challenging exam and obtaining the eJPT certificate, a penetration tester can prove their skills in the...

elearnsecurity.com

It's free course work + Labs.

While this alone won't get you a pentesting job, it's a start.

Obviously OSCP is the gold standard of pentesting cert.

To learn:

HackTheBox (Free)
TryHackMe (Free rooms)
ProvingGrounds (Created by offsec - Paid) (FREE training labs with dedicated machines that are designed and submitted by the VulnHub community.)


People say ProvingGrounds was more useful for their OSCP prep compared to the actual labs OSCP provides.

HackSouth Discord: https://discord.gg/NpMeJHgT

Thank you, that seems like a very good starting point. From there I can spend time learning for OSCP.

 

[|tera|]

Yeah that makes sense. Thanks.

I've always had respect for Cybrary.

If you are passionate about Cyber Security. The ideal position would be a CISSP. It's a lot of work and expensive to write. You will however have the world at your finger tips.

CISSP Certification Prep Path | Cybrary

ISC2's CISSP certification is the gold standard for advanced career professionals. Prepare for CISSP certification with Cybrary!

www.cybrary.it