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How to Build a Successful Information Security Career (Daniel Miessler)
- https://danielmiessler.com/blog/build-successful-infosec-career/#gs.DtVCbbw
The First Steps to a Career in Information Security (Errata Security - Marisa Fagan)
- http://blog.erratasec.com/2010/04/first-steps-to-career-in-information.html#.WFrbofkrIuU
Hiring your first Security Professional (Peerlyst - Dawid Balut)
- https://www.peerlyst.com/posts/hiring-your-first-security-professional-dawid-balut
How to Start a Career in Cyber security
- https://www.concise-courses.com/security/how-to-start-your-career/
How to Get Into Information Security (ISC^2)
- https://www.isc2.org/how-to-get-into-information-security.aspx
How do you begin an information security career (SC Magazine - Israel Bryski)
- https://www.scmagazine.com/how-do-you-begin-an-information-security-career/article/558803/
Starting your career in information technology (Tripwire - Zoe Rose)
- https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/off-topic/starting-your-career-in-information-technology/
How to start your information security career? (Adriano Leite)
- https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140825234615-654073-how-to-start-your-information-security-career
Starting in Information Security
- https://www.eanmeyer.com/2015/07/starting-in-information-security.html
Starting an Infosec Career
- https://tisiphone.net/2015/10/12/starting-an-infosec-career-the-megamix-chapters-1-3/
Breaking in to security
- https://digi.ninja/projects/breaking_in_part_1.php
Corelan - How to become a pentester
- https://www.corelan.be/index.php/2015/10/13/how-to-become-a-pentester/
On breaking into the Information Security field (Danny Akacki)
- http://www.pcwf.co/2015/04/on-breaking-into-information-security.html
Attack Paths: Breaking into infosec from IT or other totally different fields (Eve Adams / Johnny Xmas - DerbyCon 2014)
- http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/derbycon4/t207-attack-paths-breaking-into-infosec-from-it-or-other-totally-different-fields-eve-adams-and-johnny-xmas
Infosec Resumes: What do employers care about? (Micah Hoffman - Webbreacher)
- https://webbreacher.com/2015/07/11/infosec-resumes-what-do-employers-care-about/
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm4KgWr3A5w
Answers on how to get started in Security (Chris Gates / carnal0wnage
- http://carnal0wnage.attackresearch.com/2015/05/answers-on-how-to-get-started-in.html
Act wherever you can
- http://www.pcwf.co/2015/07/act-whereever-you-can.html
So you want to work in security (Michal Zalewski / lcamtuf)
- https://lcamtuf.blogspot.com/2016/08/so-you-want-to-work-in-security-but-are.html
So you want to work in security (Parisa Tabriz)
- https://medium.freecodecamp.com/so-you-want-to-work-in-security-bc6c10157d23#.j58he81se
Careers in security, ethical hacking and advice on where to get started (Troy Hunt)
- https://www.troyhunt.com/careers-in-security-ethical-hacking-and-advice-on-where-to-get-started/
How to Get Started in Information Security (Beau Wood)
- https://beauwoods.blogspot.com/2013/12/how-to-get-started-in-information.html?m=1
Resume Wackiness (Space Rogue)
- http://www.spacerogue.net/wordpress/?p=206
From Grunt to Operator (Tom Gorup)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjbgfFreAEM
The Path to Success - Career Path in Information Security
- https://hack-ed.net/2015/09/16/the-path-to-success-career-paths-in-information-security/
Becoming a Cyber Knight: learn! (Alexander Sverdlov)
- https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/becoming-cyber-knight-learn-alexander-sverdlov
Getting Started in Information Security (Dakota Nelson)
- https://strikersecurity.com/blog/getting-started-in-information-security/
How to stay up to date on security trends (Koen Van Impe)
- http://securityintelligence.com/how-to-stay-up-to-date-on-security-trends/#.VSPtY-FBSZA
How do you start in cyber security (Chris Romeo)
- https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-start-in-cyber-security/answer/Chris-Romeo
That's not my RJ45 Jack" IRL networking for Humans 2015 - ShowMeCon (Johnny Xmas)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_HQ3bmTgis
That's not my RJ45 Jack" IRL networking for Humans Part 2 2015 - Converge Detroit (Johnny Xmas)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_ivHDkSF2A
So you want to be a hacker? (Chris Grayson)
- http://www.slideshare.net/ChrisGrayson/so-you-want-to-be-a-hacker
How To Start A Career in Cybersecurity (Concise Cyber Security)
- https://www.concise-courses.com/security/how-to-start-your-career/
Security Recruiter Directory (CSO Online Staff)
- http://www.csoonline.com/article/3013033/it-careers/security-recruiter-directory.html
Learning the Ropes by @ZephrFish
- https://blog.zsec.uk/101-web-testing-1/
Becoming a Penetration Tester by HollyGraceful
- https://www.gracefulsecurity.com/becoming-a-penetration-tester/

miller77z commented Sep 29, 2025 via email

Good stuff Avant. I’ll pass this to my nephew who is a sophomore in HS this year. Appreciate you sharing. Tom

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