Looking in the mirror
This section will show you how to look inward to show how you already have cyber experience and don't even realize it and, more importantly, how to showcase it on a resume. This technique is not exclusively for individuals pivoting from an IT career into cybersecurity, but it will be easier for those individuals with that work background.
One common mistake I see professionals make that are transferring into the cybersecurity field is that they think that they don't have any experience yet. I hear comments such as "I worked help desk," "I was a software engineer," and "I was a networking engineer."
Whatever their work background is, these individuals take on the position that they have not worked in cybersecurity. In this section, I'd like to challenge you and your assumptions that you don't have cybersecurity experience. Quite often, cybersecurity skills overlay many different parts of the business, and...
