A CyberSecurity Professional's Journey - Craig Taylor

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Are you interested in becoming a Cybersecurity Professional? Well, on this episode of the My Career Podcast, I am joined by Craig Taylor, who has a wealth of experience as a cybersecurity professional. Craig has worked in the field for almost 30 years, and now as a cofounder of CyberHoot, he is on a mission to increase the cyber literacy skills across the world. He dropped by to share his passion on the field.
In this episode, we covered Craig's journey into this field all the way to him acting as a Chief Information Security Officer. He is involved in hiring juniors for his own company so he has great awareness regarding what to expect from individuals entering this field. Additionally, Craig shared the recommended routes to enter this field, the desired salary, suitable characteristics and much much more.
If you are thinking about entering this field, you definitely want to check what Craig has to tell you. Join us to learn everything about the path to becoming a CyberSecurity Professional, and what to expect once you enter the profession.

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1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. About Craig and Cyberhoot (00:01:16)

3. What is a Cyber Security Professional? (00:03:33)

4. What are some common titles in this field? (00:07:04)

5. The undergraduate route and the CISSP Exam (00:14:54)

6. Organizations in Cyber Security field (00:19:14)

7. Certificates to get into this field (00:28:11)

8. Why should one go into Cyber Security? (00:34:39)

9. Career progressions issues based on route chosen (00:39:20)

10. What type of characteristics one needs to succeed in this field? (00:43:23)

11. 10 domains of Cyber Security (00:46:51)

12. What type of characteristics would suffer in this field? (00:53:27)

13. What does a normal day look like for a Cyber Security Professional? (00:59:48)

14. Physical security audits (01:09:02)

15. Why Craig founded Cyberhoot? (01:13:52)

16. What's the stress level like in the profession? (01:25:31)

17. Does the job gets redundant? (01:31:28)

18. How much does a Cyber Security Professional earn? (01:35:11)

19. Are there any special perks? (01:41:00)

20. Working hours of a Cyber Security Professional (01:45:22)

21. What Craig likes about being a Cyber Security Professional? (01:49:05)

22. What Craig dislikes about the field? (01:51:05)

23. Craig's advice to himself (01:57:06)

24. Best career advice (02:00:26)

25. Worst career advice (02:04:16)