Comments on: IT Security Career Path http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/it-security-career-path/ Mon, 20 May 2013 05:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: jinteik http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/it-security-career-path/#comment-99330 jinteik Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:50:05 +0000 #comment-99330 with certification + experience you wont go wrong…

if you want to do network, you can start with CCNA till as high as you want and you can even do CISSP after a while..

]]> By: ekardris http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/it-security-career-path/#comment-99321 ekardris Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:21:14 +0000 #comment-99321 I agree, if you want to make it in IT you need experience in as many areas as you can get. I don’t know if the certifications are as important as the experience.

I found that working each year on another major enterprise project was excellent experience. Banks are great places to get some background. Yet the security around a hosptital is completely different. I think HarrisSheldon is right though the best security is working with the government security groups.

In addition I would look at the ITIL certifications also. There is a lot of best practices around these certifications that will help in studying any aspect of the network from software development to IT support.

I’ve been on several college boards where they are where trying to determine the viability of a security degree. Most of the comments from the companies on the board agreed that they would prefer to take an IT proffessional with across the board experience and train them into the position.

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