Cybersecurity is the art of protecting networks, devices, and data from unauthorized access or criminal use and the practice of ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information. It seems that everything relies on computers and the internet now—communication (e.g., email, smartphones, tablets), entertainment (e.g., interactive video games, social media, apps ), transportation (e.g., navigation systems), shopping (e.g., online shopping, credit cards), medicine (e.g., medical equipment, medical records), and the list goes on. How much of your daily life relies on technology? How much of your personal information is stored either on your own computer, smartphone, tablet or on someone else's system? (Source)
There are 2 high level paths in CyberSecurity (and these are note mutually exclusive, you can do both):
- Red Team - Attackers
- Blue Team - Protectors
Sometimes these are combined to be "Purple" team, where you are acting as an internal resource to both identify and exploit vulnerabilities and implementing or collaborating with others to implement remediations to prevent these attacks.
Under these areas there is a huge list of specialty areas that you should be familiar with. Those areas include (Source):
- Cloud Security
- Data loss Prevention
- Application Security
- Incident Response and Forensic Analysis
- Network Defense
- Endpoint Protection
- Penetration Testing
- Internet of Things (IoT) Security
- Critical Infrastructure Security
- Secure DevOps
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What is Cybersecurity? - CISA (CyberSecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency) (blog): https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/tips/ST04-001
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What You Should Learn Before "Cybersecurity" - Updated 2022 - Grant Collins (5 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbEPJv7Ybcs
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2022 Cybersecurity roadmap: How to get started? - John Hammond / David Bombal (25 mins): https://youtu.be/mS7qWC3CbOU
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How to get into Cybersecurity with NO Experience - The Ultimate Guide - Josh Madakor (24 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a83ASGn_V_s
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Hiring & Getting Hired in CyberSecurity - Heath Adams - 2022 (38 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J09yWM9c4x8
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Full Ethical Hacking Course - Network Penetration Testing for Beginners (2019) - Heath Adams / freeCodeCamp (15 Hours): https://youtu.be/3Kq1MIfTWCE
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License To Pentest: Ethical Hacking Course For Beginners - Sagar Bansal / freeCodeCamp (9 Hours): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_EhnbpWhUQ
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Linux Essentials for Ethical Hackers - Full InfoSec Course - HackerSploit / freeCodeCamp (5 Hours): https://youtu.be/1hvVcEhcbLM
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Linux for Ethical Hackers (Kali Linux Tutorial) - Heath Adams (2 Hours): https://youtu.be/U1w4T03B30I
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Web Application Ethical Hacking - Penetration Testing Course for Beginners - Heath Adams / freeCodeCamp (5 Hours): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4eRbHgRawI
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Web App Vulnerabilities - DevSecOps Course for Beginners - Beau Carnes / freeCodeCamp (1.5 Hours): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5KJVuii0Yw
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Ethical Hacking 101: Web App Penetration Testing - a full course for beginners - Hackersploit / freeCodeCamp (3 Hours): https://youtu.be/2_lswM1S264
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CISSP Certification Course – PASS the Certified Information Security Professional Exam! - Mohamed Atef / freeCodeCamp (13+ Hours): https://youtu.be/M1_v5HBVHWo
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CISSP Exam Cram Full Course (All 8 Domains) UPDATED - 2022 EDITION! - Pete Zerger (8 Hours): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nyZhYnCNLA
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Basics of SQL Injection - Penetration Testing for Ethical Hackers - Sagar Bansal / freeCodeCamp (2 Hours): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nXOxLpeu80
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Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) in 5 Hours - Full Course - Learn OSINT! - Heath Adams (4.5 Hours): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwA6MmbeGNo