Professional development

Cybersecurity professionals share career advice in celebration of Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week

Happy Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week! In celebration of what is arguably the best week of the year, we’re sharing advice for starting or advancing your cybersecurity career from a variety of cybersecurity practitioners.

JavaScript and web development are key skills for security pros, says Vladimir de Turckheim

JavaScript is one of the most commonly used coding languages in web development. Learn how it can benefit your IT and cybersecurity career.

Threat intelligence researcher: Is it the career for you?

The best way to stop a threat is to understand it. That's what cyber threat intelligence is all about. See if it's a good skill set for your career.

How to learn Linux: Bring your passion, Jasmine Jackson will do the rest

Linux is essential in many IT and cybersecurity roles. Infosec Skills author Jasmine Jackson explains how you can learn Linux step by step.

Cloud security engineer: Is it the career for you?

Cloud security engineers keep an organization's data and services secure from malicious actors and make an average annual U.S. salary of $136,485.

How to start learning cybersecurity? Take this free foundations course!

What's the best way to start learning cybersecurity? Keatron Evans hopes his new Cybersecurity Foundations courses are the answer.

Data governance: Is it the career for you?

Data governance is vital for a variety of IT and cybersecurity careers — with an average salary of $200,120 for certain data governance roles.

Red teaming: Is it the career for you?

Red teamers go beyond the basics of penetration testing to help test an organization's security against both in-person and online attackers.

Incident responder careers: What’s it like to work in incident response?

Take a look at what it is like to work in the field of cybersecurity incident response.

7 steps to building a successful career in information security

Learn how to break in and build your cybersecurity career with these popular tips.