Cyber Jobs: Where Are They and How Do I Get One?Office of Career Services and Alumni RelationsPresented by Ann Martin, Career Advising SpecialistModerated by Cathy Francois, Career Advising Specialist

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Our Esteemed Guests

Patrick J. O’Guinn, Sr., JD, MPAProgram Chair of Graduate Digital Forensics and Cyber Investigation

Valorie King, PhDProgram Chair, Cybersecurity Management and Policy

Anjelica DortchExecutive Office of the PresidentOffice of Management and Budget

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What is Cybersecurity?

Cybersecurity is the body of technologies, processes and practices designed to protect networks, computers, programs, and data from attack, damage or unauthorized access.

Like business or healthcare, Cybersecurity is a wide and varied field comprised of many different specialty areas and position types.

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Cyber Security Job: WHAT are they?

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Jobseekers, Where can you fit in the Cyber Workforce?

7 High-level Categories27 Specialty Areas

Understand your interests, what you have to offer, and where you can fit.

https://niccs.us-cert.gov/workforce-development/cyber-security-workforce-framework

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What are typical entry-level roles and titles?

Cyberseek.org Cybersecurity Career Pathways Information

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Opportunities in Government Service

• Resources

• USA Jobs.gov – Best know and primary federal employment portal

• CyberCareers.gov

• CIO.gov

• Intelligence.gov

• Agency LinkedIn profiles

• Agency websites

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Opportunities in Government Service

• Agencies with Greatest Cyber Staffing Needs:

• Defense*

• Homeland Security*

• Treasury

• State**Agency has unique hiring and pay authority for cybersecurity positions

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The Private Sector & “Beyond The Beltway”

Where are the best places to look for civilian sector jobs?

What are the likely entry-level opportunities?

https://www.burning-glass.com/research-project/cybersecurity/

The fastest increases in demand for cybersecurity workers are in industries managing increasing volumes of consumer data such as finance, health care, and retail.

The use of the term "cybersecurity" is more prevalent in government job descriptions.

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Are Certifications really that important?

https://certification.comptia.org/why-certify/roadmap

http://iase.disa.mil/iawip/Pages/index.aspx

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Advice from the Panelists• What are your best suggestions for someone with

limited experience?

• What do you tell people who don’t have security clearances?

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Additional Resources From Ann…Look for ways to continue to practice and grow your skills such as: • Free Code Camp: https://www.freecodecamp.com/• Revature: https://revature.com/umuc• Arizona Cyber Warfare Range: http://azcwr.org/• Lighthouse Labs https://lighthouselabs.ca/• Hack This Site www.hackthissite.org• Slavehack is a virtual hack simulation game http://www.slavehack.com• Cybrary: https://www.cybrary.it/• SANS Investigative Forensic Toolkit: https://digital-forensics.sans.org/community/downloads and • Free and Cheap Ways to Boost Your IT Skills: http://www.computerworld.com/resources/139926/it-

careers/free-and-cheap-ways-to-boost-your-it-skills• 6 Ways to Get Experience Required by Entry-level IT Jobs

https://www.itworld.com/article/2693425/6-ways-to-get-experience-required-by-that-entry-level-job.html

• Here is an interesting article about “Volunteering for Professional Development”• The ACE digital forensics certification https://www.syntricate.com/computer-forensics-

certification.html

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Final Words of Advice

Questions?UMUC Career Services and Alumni Relations

(240) 684-2720careerservices@umuc.edu