Cybersecurity Careers

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The different areas of working in cybersecurity and their entry level pathways

• just some brainstormed notes

IT Administration

Entry Level:

• Help Desk
• IT Support

Intermediate:

• System Administrator

Security-related Progression roles:

• these depend on your area of specialization and orientation

• Security Engineer

• Cybersecurity Analyst / SOC Analyst

• Network Security Engineer

Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)

Entry level:

• Cybersecurity consultant
  • various areas of specialization
  • typically compliance related
  • Big 4 and more orgs:
    • Ernst & Young (EY)
    • PWC
    • Deloitte
    • KPMG
    • Accenture
    • NCC Group
    • etc.

Intermediate:

• Specialized in-house compliance specialist
  • SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS, FEDRamp, Privacy, etc.
• GRC Manager

Advanced:

• Director of GRC

Cybersecurity Analyst (Blue Team)

Entry level:

• Cybersecurity Analyst / SOC Analyst 1
  • Specialist/Associate/Junior

Intermediate:

• Cybersecurity Analyst / SOC Analyst
  • 2, senior, etc.
• Cybersecurity Analyst, Manager
• Pivot to specialization

Advanced:

• tbd

Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR)

Entry level:

• not usually entry level, but can find some roles given adequate experience
• Incident Response Analyst
• Digital Forensics Analyst

Intermediate:

• Incident Response
• Digital Forensics

Advanced:

• tbd

Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Entry Level:

• IT Help Desk
• IT Support
• IAM Analyst

Intermediate:

• Sr. IAM Analyst
• IAM Engineer

Advanced:

• IAM Architect