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10 Tips on How to Get a Job in Cyber Security

Research

Read as much as you can about protecting Information, confidentiality, information assurance,
penetration testing, data confidentiality and encryption

Qet Qualified

CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) and the Global Information Assurance Certification GPEN
(Certified Penetration Tester) Certificates are both industry recognised qualifications.

Acquire a Rounded Skill Set

Although having knowledge of cyber security is important, having more rounded technical
experience will also help your application. Check out courses that are available to give you a
basic grounding of IT.

Learning in the Workplace Through an Apprenticeship

If you’d prefer a more hands on approach to getting a cyber security job, you can check with the
National Apprenticeship Service to see if there are any relevant apprenticeships going.

Work Experience

If there aren’t any apprenticeships available, you could check to see if you can do unpaid work
experience to get a better idea of the fundamental aspects of cyber security.
Internships

An internship is another possible useful way of gaining employment in cyber security. Although
this may be unpaid (like work experience), the experience will be a valuable, useful addition to
your CV.

Join a Professional Association

By joining the IISP (Institute of Information Security Professionals), you are able to attend
lectures by experts in the field and receive other benefits such as discounted attendance to
training and workshops in the industry. Most importantly, membership to the IISP gives you
access to their members-only jobs board.

Take the Cyber Security Challenge

This is a series of competitions, organised and conducted by Cyber Security Challenge UK. It is
designed to put your skills in cyber security to the test. The challenges have been formulated by
the some of the biggest security names in the country and are backed by the government.
People have even been offered a job based on their success in the challenge.

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