Career/Cert Advice?

newjack

I made this post in General Certs, but I didn't see this sub here and I thought it was more appropriate here.

So, I've worked in Forensics/E-Discovery for a little less under a year and realized I wanted to become a Security Analyst. I took a job with a large software company to support a security product that fortune 500 companies use. I have been here for a year and I started interviewing for Security Analyst positions that I thought I may have been under qualified for but I thought I may have had the chance. They had used technologies such as certain SIEMS and IDS/IPS. But I do know the theories and how they work and I do want to work with them.

I did not get the positions (only 2 interviews) so I figured maybe I should get my certs starting with Sec+ and so far I have been studying for it and they've been pretty straight forward, it's been mostly a refresher and a subjects that I actually have never touched up on. It's actually a very useful study/cert.

My favorite part about these certifications is that some parts are refreshers but I am learning some things I have never learned before. So after my Sec+ what should I do? I am out of college for 2 years and over all have about 2 years of some-sort of Security under my belt, that deals with forensics and authentication but I want to move into a Security Analyst role.

Thanks!

JDMurray

You will need to narrow down your career goal from "Security Analyst" to something more specific. Focusing on specific areas, like systems, networking, auditing, operations, planning & design, etc. would help determine the certs you should go for.