The SANS Institute recently conducted a survey of cybersecurity practitioners at 284 different companies. 85 percent ranked networking as a critical or very important skill, followed by a mastery of the Linux operating system (77 percent) and data and cryptography. Some of the smartest, most insightful and talented computer security professionals I know today dont have any computer-related certifications under their belts, says KrebsOnSecurity. But some of the best ways to get started are self-directed study and old fashioned trial-and-error.”]
Source: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/07/thinking-of-a-cybersecurity-career-read-this/