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Required Knowledge for a Career in Network Security

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the look-before-making-that-leap dept.

mtgarden asks: "I am trying to decide if I want to make a career shift into network security. I enjoy learning about cutting edge technologies and find security interesting. I am not especially good at programing but would potentially enjoy the analysis side of security. Where would I start studying to learn whether this field is a good fit for me?"

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  1. Career path by Kangburra · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can you install NIS with a straight face, and charge them? ;-)

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  2. Well... by TheAngryMob · · Score: 1, Funny

    Required Knowledge for a Career in Network Securit

    I'd say maybe some typing, spelling, and proofreading skills to start.

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  3. Well... by chiskop · · Score: 3, Funny

    Securit® - Information Management and Destruction seems like the obvious place to start, and they're hiring.

  4. Vital knowledge by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 4, Funny

    You must be able to quote at least 75% of the movie "Hackers," 85% of "War Games," and for extra credit about 10-20% of either "Swordfish" or "The Lawnmower Man."

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  5. Do you really need to ask ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Am I the only person here who gets a bit..., no actually, really... irritated by these questions ?

    "I enjoy learning about cutting edge technologies and find security interesting."
    Well obviously not interesting enough to find out what the field is about. Spend some time on the net looking at forums, security related sites, etc. I can't believe that if you take a couple of hours to do this you wouldn't have a rough idea of what the field of computer/network security is about and wether the field is potentially interesting to you.

    "I am not especially good at programing"
    Ok, so you're not very good at research AND you're not very good at programming... Way to go so far...

    "but would potentially enjoy the analysis side of security"
    Ahh ! I love your type. You don't know jack but are happy to spend the boss' hours reading sites, ya know, scannin' da net, keepin' da finga on da s3c4r1ty sc3n3 (sarcasm intended).
    I hate to break it to you but in order to analyse stuff you need to know stuff. And the best way to know stuff is to have done stuff (posting questions to ask /. does not count).


    Sorry about the rant, but at times like these I wonder what the /. editors were thinking when they posted this article... I know, the 'try google' answer kills a lot of questions but if this person had checked google for 1 second he would have found plenty of information.

    These kinds of questions waste our time and I consider them disrespectful of all those people who have spend thousands of hours finding out about security for themselves instead of looking for a quick answer by posting to ask /.

    Now i'm going to do some breathing exercises to get my blood pressure levels back to semi-normal ;)