Where do I start? Cybersecurity by Stephen
?? Stephen Semmelroth
Leader. I have the honor of leading the AVANT Resilience Practice including Engineers and Channel Vendor Managers.
Unfortunately, I don’t have space to take on more mentorship spots right now. And I don’t want to leave you with nothing. Look at the content below and pick a place to start. ?
Before you start in cyber, take a personality assessment. Just do it. It will help far more than you probably realize right now. Seriously. Here's a good one: 16 Personalities
If you’re not currently in the cyber security industry, start here. This will help you figure out where to start and which direction to go: https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/why-youll-fail-cyber-security-stephen-semmelroth-/?
Know your adversary. Read Sandworm: https://www.amazon.com/Sandworm-Cyberwar-Kremlins-Dangerous-Hackers/dp/0385544405?
If you’re getting out of the military, start here: https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/military-transition-cyber-focus-stephen-semmelroth-/?
Cybersecurity Career Master Plan by my friends Dr. Auger, Jax, Jon Helmus, and Kim Nguyen. Read the book to help select your career: ?https://www.amazon.com/Cybersecurity-Career-Master-Plan-cybersecurity-dp-1801073562/dp/1801073562/?
If you want an overview of the industry and the top technical frameworks to look at, start here: https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/how-learn-cyber-over-weekend-orientation-48-hours-semmelroth-/?
If you have a question about cyber certs, go here: https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/how-pick-your-firstnext-cyber-certification-stephen-semmelroth-/?
If you want to learn how to do technical malware analysis, start here: https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/how-build-exploits-reverse-engineer-semmelroth-mba-meng-cissp/?
If you want to learn how the bad guys are attacking you personally, go here: https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/shame-security-stephen-semmelroth-/?
Don’t just have an incident response plan, REHEARSE it (and learn from Equifax) - https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/learning-from-equifax-why-businesses-must-rehearse-plans-semmelroth/?
CISO tools - Open-source cybersecurity policy templates that we open-sourced so you don’t have to build them yourself - https://github.com/ericiussecurity/ProjectKeystone (originally published open-source at StrataCore)?
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CISO tools - Open-source vCISO tools. The five phases of a security program build (roadmap) - https://github.com/ericiussecurity/vCISO-Tools?
CISO tools – Carlota Sage has the industry standard roadmap and financial analysis tools. Use them. Give her feedback. She’s awesome - https://github.com/carlota/showmethemoney?
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Microsoft Cloud Security Coach | Helping SMBs Grow by Enabling Business-Driven Cybersecurity | Fractional vCISO & Cyber Advisory Services | Empowering Secure Growth Through Risk Management
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Cyber Planner, US Cyber Command
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