Job Market?

inc0mplete

Hello!
I'm not sure if i'm supposed to ask this here, but I just figured since it's the general security cert. section.
But I was wondering, what seems to be the largest job market for security? I was thinking of picking up a reverse engineering book sometime after my MCSE,OSCP and perhaps get into security research as a profession(fuzzing, code review, exploit dev. )

Do you think there is a large market for that? As opposed to maybe, a penetration tester or a systems security analyst?

JDMurray

Reverse engineering is a highly specialized skill and people who do it well are highly sought and very well-paid. You need to thoroughly understand how computers "think," and you must learn to think in assembly language yourself (and it helps if you enjoy doing this). However, the market for reverse engineering skills is very, very small.

Exploit development does not require reverse engineering skills (although it is an excellent compliment), but specializing it dooms you to pretty much working only for either a DoD contractor, security research lab, or a criminal organization.

The need for network security people is much more broad in both salary and choices of locations to work. This is probably what you'd want to make your daytime job and work on the exploits on the side.

inc0mplete

Thank you! That was a perfect answer to my question!

JDMurray

No problem! Please keep us informed of your situation. Your experiences will help others find their own career path.

Paul Boz

As JD said, find a general security job then identify what you like. From there you can branch off with a specialization and you'll still have your general security experience to fall back on. A lot of people get into a general security job then start doing more in-depth research to get a name for themselves. That is a great path also.

tsgiss

Thank you so much for the post. It's really useful.


calcul pret assurance simulation taux emprunt immobilier - Taux emprunt immobilier. Comparez les offres d’emprunt immobilier, simulation emprunt immobilier, taux emprunt immobiliercalcul pret assurance simulation taux emprunt immobilier