Looking for guidance breaking into cybersecurity sales. I was an enterprise BDR for 2 years and have been in an AE role selling CRM for the past year both roles at well established publically traded saas companies with over 8+ years of sales and management experience in high ticket retail prior to tech. Based on Canada.

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I took a job selling cybersecurity products with a regional MSSP. Admittedly, it was a pay cut. After a year I was able to secure a job working directly with a vendor. The earning potential goes way up if you can sell directly. I would look for “Needed” cybersecurity product opportunities.

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Thank you for the insight how would you go about defining what's needed ?

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