"Cracking" into the Security Industry in Just 92 Easy Steps

[office politics]

Security MVP Article of the Month - July 2006

Security Career Advancement: "Cracking" into the Security Industry in Just 92 Easy Steps

Published: July 12, 2006

By Karl Levinson, CISSP, Looking Glass Systems


So you want to get a job in information security? Or perhaps you're already working in information security (infosec), but you want to advance or switch to another infosec discipline?

Following are answers to the questions that I see asked most frequently about information security advancement. I've successfully used this information myself to learn and advance at various stages of my career. I only wish someone had clued me in to these things sooner—if they had, maybe I'd be retired by now and living on an island somewhere, instead of writing an article about how you can steal my job! Let's get right to it.