For someone looking to work in Cyber, what certs do you recommend? I’m prepping for CISSP right now but any recommendations would be appreciated.

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Depends if you want to look like you know what you’re doing or *actually* know what you’re doing. Certs are just alphabet soup. Sure some people want to see them but there are plenty of unqualified people that took a test and passed vs people that actually know what’s they’re doing but never bothered getting a piece of paper

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CAP, Security+, AWS Security. I don’t work in cyber by a friend does has has all 3 including the CISSP

Depends on what you want to do.

Depends on what you want to do in Cyber. CISSP is a good baseline, then depending on what you want to do there are domain specific certs. Technical (non-Security) certs like CCNA could also help, depending on the area you want to go into.

Privacy is a hot area. CIPP/US and /E aren’t too difficult to get.

They, alone, aren’t going to make you a real privacy professional though. There’s a mindset shift from infosec as well.

CISSP is a good broad baseline. CISA, CISM, CIPP if you focus on those general areas. Other much more specialized certs are available if needed.

Some of the best security folks I know don’t care about certs. Personally CISSP has been the only one that’s actually mattered.

CIPP is not longer a recommend and expensible cert

If you can get someone to pay for them, consider the SANS certifications (most begin with G-).

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