Approaching cybersecurity as a beginner
As you may already know, cybersecurity is a quite vast field that can make anyone feel lost in it. That is true. People without a clear vision of what they want to do with it tend to feel the most lost.
Finding a clear purpose in such a vast technology field is a rather difficult task that some people may be intimidated of. There is no reason to be afraid of finding your purpose inside cybersecurity. You may feel like there are so many things that you can do with and yes that is true. We cant be perfect at everything regarding cybersecurity because that is how it is and we cant do something to change it.
So, we must try to find ways to enable our true likes and passions in order to succeed in a such a big field. You can, for example, take a look at every aspect of the cubersecurity world and try to figure out what you like the most. Trust me, it is quite difficult. It requires time and quite a lot of motivation to not stop trying to find the thing that you like the most. Sometimes it requires financial resources as well due to the fact that many great information out there is paid. Also, great information and resources are provided for free. There are so many.
The benefits of finding a clear goal that you will try to achieve through cybersecurity far outweight the consequences. Actually, the only consequence is the loss of time until you find your true purpose. The category of benefits, on the other hand, contains actions that you will take to make your self and your loved ones live better with much better quality of live. You might be questioning how cybersecurity can help quality of life. In the practical aspect, it can help you safeguard your home and local network/s and as well all the devices inside of it/them. Your loved ones’ devices should now be safe for use and you must be proud for it because you did it. Chances of leaking personal data without intention now are far less. In the psychological spectrum, you will feel quite powerful and as well as motivated to continue doing your work without hesitations. Your close ones will sense this and as a result they will support your actions. Family will have someone that can take care of their digital security with a high level of probability the parts of the family not to be exposed to dangers regarding personal data that shouldnt be shared to everyone.
How you can approach education about cybersecurity
There are two ways you can learn about cybersecurity and how it can help you in your everyday life. The first one is actually learning by yourself and that is one the most difficult to pass. The difficulty of it comes from the fact that there are so many resources out there that all can help you learn better and faster and you cant take a look at all of them because your time, effort and money is limited. So, the best choice you can make here is try to find people that are part of that community with many years of experience and try to learn from them either it is from a youtube channel, a course or everything else. They will guide you though all aspects of this field and make you realize what you like the most about it and actually pursue this goal.
The other way is through paid services such as college education as well as university educaton. University education can help you develop connections with people that are leaders in many technological companies of the cybersecurity field. Those connections can help you land your first job quite fast after you finish your education for a small period of time. Education never stops. Education will always exist and become more vast as the time goes by.
Always remember to elevate your level of knowledge in that field otherwise you won’t stay competent and others will outgrow you to a quite vast extent.
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