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5 Year Path To Success in InfoSec: The Basics of Becoming an InfoSec Expert in 5 years!


Information security is a very broad field.  No one is an expert in everything (i.e., risk management, application security, security awareness, policy development, etc.) 



How quickly one becomes an expert also depends deeply on how much of a background one has in computer science, information technology, business management, and other related fields. 

So the title is 5 Year Path To Success in InfoSec: The Basics of Becoming an InfoSec Expert in 5 years!

This amazing web cast (TL;DR below) shows you the basics of becoming an expert in 5 years, I recommend you to watch it. But, for the lazy:


tl;dr:
  • Year one: Focus on core concepts (OS, networking, etc)
  • Year two: start projects, learn PowerShell
  • Year three: year of web apps
    • PHP and ASP.Net
    • Develop something
  • Year four: start hacking
    • Learn IDA and Immunity
    • Pick a protocol and dive into it
    • Online challenges
  • Year five: present
    • Take what you've learned and share it, be active in the community
Closing list of "DOs" and "DO NOTs"
DO:
  • Indulge in distractions
  • Stick to my plan
  • Ignore my plan
  • Develop your own plan
  • Get good at just one thing
  • Get a degree
  • Don't get a degree
  • Get certifications
  • Don't get certifications
DO NOT:
  • Sink into video games
  • Waste your time going after epic Pokemon
  • Binge watch shows on Netflix
  • Use Bing for anything
  • Just barely learn Metasploit to impress women/men
  • Spend more time on the hacker "look" than learning
  • Get angry
  • Blame others

Courtesy of  /u/Definitely__Working


Regards,

AZID
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