u/andrewmaster0

Pivoting from infosec to a DFIR focus?

Hi all. I’m getting out of a six year stint in the army in a few months, and I basically have a few years of threat hunting / IR experience behind me. I spent a lot of time hunting on ICS networks which meant I was basically pulling images with FTK and then doing log/memory analysis from there. I want to pivot into more DFIR specific work, but I’m not sure the best way to build on my experience. I can’t afford a SANS course, and I planned on going through 13cubed’s courses, but I sorta was wondering if there was a better alternative as I think I probably already know a decent amount of what’s in them.

If someone like me had $1.5/$2k to spend on training or a cert, what would be my single best option? I’d like good training as a basis, but I’d also like to be able to put a cert on my resume if it helps me get through the HR filters in the future.

I know this is an annoying question, so I apologize in advance. If anyone has any solid advice I’d really appreciate it though. Have a good night!

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u/andrewmaster0 — 4 days ago
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I’m getting out of the Army in a few months and want to pivot away from analyst work into something more GRC/CMMC related. Is it worth me shelling out $2k+ on my own for the CCP if I want to be employable doin CMMC work? Just a weird transitional time for me and my family (exiting service, potentially moving, etc) and I don’t want to throw $2k down the drain if it doesn’t help me get hired sooner. Any advice would be appreciated!

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u/andrewmaster0 — 22 days ago