Hello Everyone!!

Looking for advice. What the skills I can gain to be a cybersecurity consultant? I know it’s kinda vague as I know there are lot of fields you can specialize in. I have obtained CompTIA Sec+, CySA+ and CASP+ certification. I also passed CISSP. Now I don’t know what to do. Workwise I haven’t been staffed in cyber projects so I can’t explore what I like. What do you guys think are some hot skills that a cyber consultant has? And what’s the best way to obtain those skills?

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Hot skills? Explaining to technology illiterate C-suite execs why cyber is important and how much money they could be losing if they aren’t on top of everything

Then you sell em projects to cover everything you mentioned 🤑🤑🤑

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The best way to obtain those skills is real project experience. Try within the firm, if that doesn't work, apply externally as there is plenty of demand for security consultants.

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DM if you want to jump

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I think most cyber jobs in consulting can be divided into four areas: Policy, Audit, Red Team, Blue Team. From there you can further specialize but I would pick one of those categories first.

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By the way, you are essentially still a generalist right now with the certifications you have. So all four options are open if you’re willing to learn.

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IAM

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If you’re basically looking to switch gears, I would apply at another firm. Everyone is hiring into cyber right now and you’d likely get a paid bump as an experienced hire coming from another B4.

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I really like the team here and they are building cyber practice within our group, so not thinking of leaving yet but want to keep my skills sharp

Nice job getting those certs! Try to get into cloud security, DevSecOps

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Oh! Very nice. If you have the time, check out one of the entry level Cloud architect or cloud security certs from aws or azure. Actually I’d recommend azure as it has a lot of native security tools (and a lot of the trendy peeps usually go w/ AWS or GCP so imo there’s a solid market for azure skills). If you don’t have the time, just check out one of the 100 or maybe 200 level free training. It’s the level people study to learn the terminology and basic concepts. See how you like it. If you have an interest EY has MSDN available with partner approval - provides free azure credits every month. You can build your lab there. Once you learn azure pretty well you can convert those skills over to the other public clouds. Also check out discover, tons of cloud sec assessment stuff up there. Get cloud on your resume/profile and maybe you’ll get picked up.

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Curious how you got your CISSP without cyber experience? Or are you an Associate of ISC2?

I said I passed CISSP. Yes, I am associate of ISC2

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