I planning towards a more technical role in cybersecurity after gaining exposure in external IT audit and IT compliance. How should I work towards that journey? I’m planning to clear my CEH, CHFI, AWS Cybersecurity specialty, CISA, CISSP and OSCP within 1-2 years.

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Pump the brakes a little. What type of cyber work are you most interested in? Do you want to be on the front lines doing penetration testing/vulnerability scanning/ethical hacking or do you want to lean more forwards a compliance/strategy type of role? In my experience, folks with more than 2-3 certs have their priorities out of wack. CISSP will probably be plenty for any compliance role, for something more technical I’d slap a CEH on top of it. The rest you’ll learn on the job.

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That many certifications seems a little unnecessary to be honest. I would recommend narrowing it down to the CISSP and one other certification based on what you want to specialize in.

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I didn’t come from a technical background so I supposed that would help my credentials in a way?

Holy crap, to get all of those certs in 1-2 years, especially if you don’t already have the experience behind them would require a TON of studying. That would leave no time to advance your career by actually being invested in your current work, working on reinvest, or just having a life in general. I do technical work, and didn’t get a cert until almost 3 years in of doing the work. It was super easy to get without much studying because I had the experience. But if you want to do a very specific thing and haven’t had the opportunity to work on that, just get that one feet and use it as a catalyst to do that type of work

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