Looking for advice for cyber security certification path

Hello,

I was hoping someone would be able to help me decide what would be a good path into a cyber security field. I'll give you a bit of background of myself first. I started off getting a Diploma in Business Computing at a tertiary institute, and then later getting a job at the same institute supporting a Windows desktop environment in 1999. A couple of years later I moved up to supporting their Novell server environment and also obtained my CNE.

I then contracted for a range of support roles within 3^rd line with such things as Windows Server, VMWare, various backups, exchange, patch management, BAU, server hardware etc etc. and have about 12 years total experience in a support role. I then moved to the UK and decided to leave I.T. completely as I was bored of BAU/break/fix type work, and these last 3 years have been doing something totally unrelated. I've now decided to go back to I.T. after realizing I don't enjoy the change, but would like to get into a cyber security field. I never tried to get any other qualifications as I always had a job, so am quite behind.

What would be a good certification route to get into this? I also feel quite rusty with I.T. but learning a new field should help keep my interest.

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Mitechniq

I will be simple and straight to the point as this list can be rather long, someone else can elaborate on the topic:

Network: CCENT -> CCNA -> CCNA Security -> CCNP Security -> CCIE Security
Firewall: Checkpoint CCSA -> CCSE
General: Security + -> CISSP or CISM
Pen Test: OCSP or eCCPT or GPEN or C|EH(Don't really recommend)
Audit: CISA or CAP
Framework: ITILv3 or Cobit or ISO-27000