IT & Cybersecurity

1. IT & Cybersecurity Nottingham College Careers Workshop

2. IT & Cybersecurity Nottingham College Careers Workshop

3. Resources blog.rothe.uk/careers

4. $ whoami Martin Rothe Security Analyst at Node4 10 years in Nottingham 6 Years in IT @m_rothe blog.rothe.uk node4.co.uk ISP/MSP/MSSP Started in 2004, now employing ~300 staff HQ in Derby, offices in Nottingham, London, Leeds, Reading and Northampton

5. $whoami

6. Why IT/Security?

7. Why work in IT/Security? $897,600,000,000 Amount spent on IT services globally in 2016 Companies surveyed say there’s a ‘global talent crisis’ and the UK is one of the most affected countries 65% Out of the top 10 best payed careers in the UK last year were IT/Computing based 4 $7,910,000 Cost of the average data breach to a U.S. company

8. Why work in IT/Security? Changing Varied Creative Making a Difference

9. IT What careers exist?

10. CareerAreas

11. Career Areas

12. Career Areas

13. Career Areas

14. Career Areas Video removed to reduce file size https://youtu.be/cscnv3K6BD0

15. So you want to work in IT?

16. Getting into IT Knowledge(25%) Experience(35%) Attitude(40%)

17. Getting into IT Learn some programming/scripting

18. Getting into IT Get experience of different operating systems

19. Getting into IT Set up a lab environment

20. Getting into IT Set up a lab environment

21. Getting into IT Set up a lab environment

22. Getting into IT Learn some networking

23. Getting into IT Learn some networking

24. Getting into IT Learn some networking

25. Getting into IT Learn new/emerging technologies Machine learning / Artificial Intelligence Automation Containers & Serverless DevOps

26. Courses and Studying Computer Science Computer Games Programming Computer Networks and Security Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence Computer Systems Engineering Placement Years Extra-curricular Activities

27. So you want to work in security?

28. Don’t do illegal stuff

29. Getting into Security Pretty much all the stuff from the last section is important, specifically… 1) Linux 2) Websites 3) Networking

30. Getting into Security Books ‘Breaking into Information Security’ Andy Gill The Cuckoo’s Egg – Clifford Stoll Ghost in the Wires – Kevin Mitnick

31. Getting into Security Podcasts Risky Business SANS Stormcast Smashing Security Cyberwire Humans of Infosec

32. Getting into Security Events/Cons BSides Manchester London Leeds Bristol Liverpool Steelcon Securi-Tay Defcon CCC

33. Getting into Security Events/Cons Chaos Computer Club https://www.youtube.com/user/mediacccde BSides London https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXXNOelGiY_N96a2nfhcaDA Steelcon https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK41FEbfdxa9iatNvvrqbtg DEFCON https://www.youtube.com/user/DEFCONConference

34. Getting into Security CTFs https://www.vulnhub.com https://ctf101.org https://pwnable.tw https://w3challs.com http://pwnable.kr https://www.hackthissite.org https://www.hackthebox.eu

35. Getting into Security Twitter @SwiftOnSecurity @GossiTheDog @cybergibbons @malwareunicorn ‏ @MalwareJake ‏ @5683Monkey @TheKenMunroShow @Random_Robbie ‏ ‏ @lilyhnewman

36. Getting into Security Non-Technical Skills

37. Any Questions? blog.rothe.uk/careers