How To Become an Infosec Expert, Part I
Summary: A Cisco Talos VRT author describes launching a blog-based mentoring series after a job posting drew applicants from customer support, database administration, programming, and small business backgrounds who lacked traditional analyst credentials. The first installment is a reading list of classic information security texts, many free and short, which the author says should be read a few at a time rather than all at once.
Why it matters: The pipeline into security research is being fed by people outside it - support staff, DBAs, hobbyists - and the entry cost here is a reading list, not a certification, which matters for leaders who claim they cannot find talent.
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