r/CyberSecurityAdvice

TLDR: i work in GRC at a lab with an untraditional org structure. To guarantee pay bumps it usually requires additional education. Unsure where to go from here when already having an MS in cyber with GRC related education.

Hello! 23F, I finished up my MS in cybersecurity this last May and have been working in a lab. This work is very R&D and untraditional for what I was used to in my previous cybersecurity/IT jobs but I fell in love with it. Im really young compared to everyone I work with but Ive been trying to set myself up to climb/succeed in this area since most people stick around for decades here and this place treats me amazingly well, I get up extremely proud and excited to go to work everyday which Im fully aware is a unicorn situation.

Due to the academic based culture the main way people move up is through education, causing them to be more valuable to the organization so they deserve to be paid more. Our leadership within the engineering area is just people with our same job title and similar responsibilities that volunteer for a pay bump to do the extra administrative stuff-so we dont have traditional managers, supervisors, ect. They do not do loyalty promotions or even really job title changes, they just restructure your pay depending on what new assets you bring, our bonuses are where we are compensated for standout work.

I am a little confused on where to go from here in the future to grow. They obviously fully support employees getting more education, but Im a little unsure where to start for my next endeavor given I already have a cyber MS from a well respected program. My job right now is partly GRC related so I feel extremely stuck on that aspect-I dont know what additional degree/cert would help me out more with those skills. I am one of the only GRC focused people I know so my mentors Ive asked had zero idea, thats mostly why I was hired so young because I had an irregular amount of experience in it while working for a small team in the military. I dont know much about cybersecurity academia or what is really even out there to do beyond a PHD-was hoping someone could give some input! Thanks!!

Hi guys, so i just graduated from a postgraduate degree about information and cybersecurity management in a business school (no certificates related to this field). My problem lies within that for every job i interview for they require either 4+ years working in the cyber security space, or require projects that are presentable which involve cyber security expertise.

Since i have no technical expertise in this field, what should i start with to join this field?

P.S. I have now joined a firm as an assistant project manager but i still want to be in this field for the foreseeable future. (Is cyber security specialist in AI actually something that exists? Since i think that might the aspiration for further endeavors)

Thanks in advance guys

I have 5 YoE in IT, the CompTIA trifecta plus the Server+. I recently acquired the BTL1 (Blue Team Level 1) from Centri as well, last week.

I'm applying to SOC Analyst roles daily and almost zero luck still.

I've redesigned my resume numerous times based on feedback from people in the field and a few hiring managers from general IT fields.

I'm still not getting anything but denials via email so I'm entirely lost on what to do at this point. I'm not sure if I'm just being impatient, or my resume still isn't up to par, or what.

Looking for advice.

hello everyone.

I got a Mail from admin@uber com yesterday which appears to be in Dutch. So a person probably from the Netherlands tried to register a account on my Mail? I didn’t bother and just deleted it.

but tonighe I got a another Mail with a verification code from Uber but this time I’m German (I‘m from Germany).

I created a account now and contacted support. I’m confused on what this could be. Why is someone trying to register a Uber Account on my Mail?

I didn‘t had Uber before so I’m kinda confused that this could be.

Would be grateful for anyone‘s help.

thank you everyone

I just subscribed on udemy and I want to start learning cybersecurity, but I don't know where to start and how to start these courses.

Thank you in advance.

Hey there, so i want to be very short so i don't take your time.

My dad likes to produce short-videos on facebook, he got succecsful and started to monetizate, then his page reached around 100k followers and suddently he was hacked, he lost his main personal account and the FB page got demonetizated because "suspisios activity".

He made a new FB account and started again, last night he told me that he can't access to his account, what we found out was a message of FB saying "Hey, we disable your account forever and you can't appeal".

Before that, he got hacked with the usual "Mr Beast crypto shit" and stuff like that, but my big issue is, he don't even know who is Mr Beast, he doesn't really interact too much outside what he knows and likes, he swear to me that he never click links or anything weird, he never visit adult websites or shit like that.

So yea, my question is, how is this keep happening to him?, is possible that a big hacker is just able to get his accounts and destroy them?, if so, why they just don't rob his money instead of just ruining his fun on facebook?.

I have to be honest, all our windows, adobe, office, etc, are "Yooho Yooohoo, Jack Sparrow.", we can't afford to pay those services (we live in a third world country) but this never happened to me but only once and never again.

Hope you guys can help me to understand what is going on and what can i do to protect his next account, i was wondering if using iPhone was better for security since we use android, and yea, any advice would help me a lot.

Thanks.

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