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CyberSecurity or Administrator

For Computer Networking, Would you reccommend I go into Administrator or CyberSecurity? Is it more of a preference thing? #information-technology

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Cindy’s Answer

Izabella,

I am so glad you are considering a job in the sciences.

My vote is for you to join me in Cybersecurity, as there is only 11% women in this field. It's an exciting field and you would find that every day has a new challenge, a new thing for you to learn and you can make a difference either for a company or for a group of companies like I do for Cisco Systems.

I love what I do and how I get to help people around the world.

Thank you for your question and your interest!

Cindy recommends the following next steps:

Take a free class from MIT: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-858-computer-systems-security-fall-2014/
Investigate Hackathons in your area
Investigate classes you could take at Cisco: https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/it_careers/student
Read: https://www.isc2.org/-/media/ISC2/Research/ISC2-Women-in-Cybersecurity-Report.ashx?la=en&hash=270117229EA39FA1E7134CFB1C5BB1ACBDF8A88C
Thank you comment icon Thanks for the answer. I just want to make sure I go into a field thats going to be right for me as I am currently only 17 and starting my journey. I'm only just starting to grasp what this field offers. I'm also currently studying Cisco at Loring Job Corps. Izabella
Thank you comment icon Izabella, I think it is great for you to explore your options when selecting a career. Ask yourself, am I enjoying this work when you are studying? Do I find this work intriguing? Those are great starting places. Cindy Green-Ortiz
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Jim’s Answer

Good morning, Cindy has a great answer. My career started off as a network administrator which gave me a wealth of information how how servers, client workstations, email, etc worked. In other words I learned the business side first. Actually, I learned and did this first before there was a thing called cybersecurity.

For the past five years I've refocused to doing just cybersecurity. It's a specialty in networking. I've also chosen not to be a firewall guru ( no offense to anyone) to being a generalist in all things cyber. Email appliances, DNS, firewalls, security documentation, policies, endpoint (laptops, workstations, SCADA, mobile, etc), SEIM, etc.

The overall community is looking for great people, you are invited. Read some more about what's happening.


Thank you comment icon HI Izabella Is great to see more women colleagues coming to the IT field. My personal opinion is in line with Jim, I'm an administrator for many years now and i love it, I really like to be close to people and give them my support Cesar Alberto Outon Leiro
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Cheryl’s Answer

I recommend trying both and see which one is more appealing to you. Its helpful if you have insight to a few areas to make a good decision.

Cheryl recommends the following next steps:

Happy to chat about my journey. Set up some time.
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