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1. What will be my primary responsibilities as an employee of a cybersecurity company / business #cybersecurity
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Wayne’s Answer
Hi Dale.
The responsibilities depend on the role. For example, cyber security engineers help to design, implement methodologies to secure the organization’s cyberspace. It is a challenging job with lots of rewards and responsibilities.
Cyber security engineers are responsible for any of the following things:
• Planning, implementing, managing, monitoring, and upgrading security measures for the protection of the organization’s data, systems, and networks
• Troubleshooting security and network problems
• Responding to all system and/or network security breaches
• Ensuring that the organization’s data and infrastructure are protected by enabling the appropriate security controls
• Participating in the change management process
• Testing and identifying network and system vulnerabilities
• Daily administrative tasks, reporting, and communication with the relevant departments in the organization
• Evaluating the organization’s security needs and establish best practices and standards accordingly
• Designing, implementing, maintaining, overseeing, and upgrading all security measures needed to protect organizations’ data, systems, and networks
• Responding to all security breaches to the network and associated systems
• Troubleshooting all network and security issues and incidents
• Routinely conduct penetration testing
• Taking appropriate security measures to ensure that the organization’s infrastructure and existing data are kept safe
• Conducting testing and scans to identify any vulnerabilities in the network and system
• Taking an active role in the change management process
Good luck!
The responsibilities depend on the role. For example, cyber security engineers help to design, implement methodologies to secure the organization’s cyberspace. It is a challenging job with lots of rewards and responsibilities.
Cyber security engineers are responsible for any of the following things:
• Planning, implementing, managing, monitoring, and upgrading security measures for the protection of the organization’s data, systems, and networks
• Troubleshooting security and network problems
• Responding to all system and/or network security breaches
• Ensuring that the organization’s data and infrastructure are protected by enabling the appropriate security controls
• Participating in the change management process
• Testing and identifying network and system vulnerabilities
• Daily administrative tasks, reporting, and communication with the relevant departments in the organization
• Evaluating the organization’s security needs and establish best practices and standards accordingly
• Designing, implementing, maintaining, overseeing, and upgrading all security measures needed to protect organizations’ data, systems, and networks
• Responding to all security breaches to the network and associated systems
• Troubleshooting all network and security issues and incidents
• Routinely conduct penetration testing
• Taking appropriate security measures to ensure that the organization’s infrastructure and existing data are kept safe
• Conducting testing and scans to identify any vulnerabilities in the network and system
• Taking an active role in the change management process
Good luck!
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Atul’s Answer
What kind of degree do you have?
If you have a Computer Sc degree you will be responsible for either developing new features or maintain existing product features.
You can work alone to write/develop the module but at the end of the day you will have to integrate your software with others. You will have to help to document and there are many other functions which requires human interaction/coordination.
If you have a Computer Sc degree you will be responsible for either developing new features or maintain existing product features.
You can work alone to write/develop the module but at the end of the day you will have to integrate your software with others. You will have to help to document and there are many other functions which requires human interaction/coordination.
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Lisa’s Answer
Lots of good answers here already. I would recommend going to LinkedIn and searching for jobs with "Cybersecurity" in the title and review the job description responsibilities. Cybersecurity engineer with a software company, cybersecurity analyst with a bank, etc.
Good luck!
Good luck!
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Maria’s Answer
There are so many roles in cybersecurity now, it's difficult to give a general answer. Several roles definitely require more interactions. For example, penetration testers generally meet with customers before engagements. Application security engineers usually work closely with software development teams.
Some roles lend themselves to more solo contributions such as malware reverse engineering, digital forensics, or cryptographer. Of course, this is a generalization and specific jobs will vary.
Explore cybersecurity roles and duties at https://www.cybersecurityeducation.org/careers/
Some roles lend themselves to more solo contributions such as malware reverse engineering, digital forensics, or cryptographer. Of course, this is a generalization and specific jobs will vary.
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William’s Answer
Hey Dale!
Your employment JOB DESCRIPTION will specify your roles, but below are major roles of CyberSecurity professionals.
1) Carry out internal cybersecurity security audits
2) Set and implement user access controls and identity and access management systems
3) Monitor network and application performance for security breaches
4) Work with IT operations to set up a shared disaster recovery/business continuity plan
5) Deploy endpoint detection and prevention tools to thwart malicious hacks
6) Set up patch management systems to update applications automatically
7) Implement comprehensive vulnerability management systems across all assets on-premises and in the cloud
8) Work with HR and/or team leads to educate employees on how to identify suspicious activity
Your employment JOB DESCRIPTION will specify your roles, but below are major roles of CyberSecurity professionals.
1) Carry out internal cybersecurity security audits
2) Set and implement user access controls and identity and access management systems
3) Monitor network and application performance for security breaches
4) Work with IT operations to set up a shared disaster recovery/business continuity plan
5) Deploy endpoint detection and prevention tools to thwart malicious hacks
6) Set up patch management systems to update applications automatically
7) Implement comprehensive vulnerability management systems across all assets on-premises and in the cloud
8) Work with HR and/or team leads to educate employees on how to identify suspicious activity
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Eddy’s Answer
Hello Dale,
I'm glad you are interested in cybersecurity as a career. It is a growing field with a lot of opportunities. Some of the common responsibilities are:
- Cyber security analyst: protecting computer systems from attacks. In order to apply for this job it will be helpful if you take some related classes in cyber security, practice your analytical and problem-solving skills, as well as do some external research on the security tools and best practices.
- Cyber security engineer: designing and implementing cybersecurity solutions for systems and networks. For this opportunity, you may need programming skills and technical knowledge, as well as security framework knowledge.
Best of luck!
I'm glad you are interested in cybersecurity as a career. It is a growing field with a lot of opportunities. Some of the common responsibilities are:
- Cyber security analyst: protecting computer systems from attacks. In order to apply for this job it will be helpful if you take some related classes in cyber security, practice your analytical and problem-solving skills, as well as do some external research on the security tools and best practices.
- Cyber security engineer: designing and implementing cybersecurity solutions for systems and networks. For this opportunity, you may need programming skills and technical knowledge, as well as security framework knowledge.
Best of luck!