- How to Build a Successful Information Security Career (Daniel Miessler)
- The First Steps to a Career in Information Security (Errata Security - Marisa Fagan)
- Hiring your first Security Professional (Peerlyst - Dawid Balut)
- How to Start a Career in Cyber security
- How to Get Into Information Security (ISC^2)
- How do you begin an information security career (SC Magazine - Israel Bryski)
- Starting your career in information technology (Tripwire - Zoe Rose)
- How to start your information security career? (Adriano Leite)
- Starting in Information Security
- Starting an Infosec Career
- Breaking in to security
- Corelan - How to become a pentester
- On breaking into the Information Security field (Danny Akacki)
- Attack Paths: Breaking into infosec from IT or other totally different fields (Eve Adams / Johnny Xmas - DerbyCon 2014)
- Infosec Resumes: What do employers care about? (Micah Hoffman - Webbreacher)
- Answers on how to get started in Security (Chris Gates / carnal0wnage
- Act wherever you can
- So you want to work in security (Michal Zalewski / lcamtuf)
- So you want to work in security (Parisa Tabriz)
- Careers in security, ethical hacking and advice on where to get started (Troy Hunt)
- How to Get Started in Information Security (Beau Wood)
- Resume Wackiness (Space Rogue)
- From Grunt to Operator (Tom Gorup)
- The Path to Success - Career Path in Information Security
- Becoming a Cyber Knight: learn! (Alexander Sverdlov)
- Getting Started in Information Security (Dakota Nelson)
- How to stay up to date on security trends (Koen Van Impe)
- How do you start in cyber security (Chris Romeo)
- That's not my RJ45 Jack" IRL networking for Humans 2015 - ShowMeCon (Johnny Xmas)
- That's not my RJ45 Jack" IRL networking for Humans Part 2 2015 - Converge Detroit (Johnny Xmas)
- So you want to be a hacker? (Chris Grayson)
- How To Start A Career in Cybersecurity (Concise Cyber Security)
- Security Recruiter Directory (CSO Online Staff)
- Learning the Ropes by @ZephrFish
- Becoming a Penetration Tester by HollyGraceful
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How to get started in IT security consulting (registration required)
http://www.networkworld.com/article/3044459/careers/how-to-get-started-in-it-security-consulting.html#tk.twt_nww
Nullbind put this together a while ago - https://blog.netspi.com/resources-for-aspiring-penetration-testers/
Reddit Netsec wiki - https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/wiki/start
- The Unofficial Security Enthusiast's Meme Filled Guide of Breaking Into InfoSec - Josh Huff
- http://www.timothydeblock.com/blog/2016/5/29/how-i-got-into-information-security-josh-huff
- https://www.learnallthethings.net/breakingin
Thanks for maintaining this list, here's a recently-resurrected version of mine: https://jonathancran.com/2017/06/19/getting-started-with-information-security/
Sorry for falling behind on this list, updating now. Thanks for the updates @jcran, @ethicalhack3r, @kfosaaen, @femaven, @stevenmaske
My take on similar lines. Presentation which i generally give to college going students:
https://www.slideshare.net/anantshri/career-in-information-security
just to add my notes:
https://speakerdeck.com/benjaminxscott/starting-your-infosec-career
Just want to thank everyone for this list. Someday, I will definitely return the favor!
Throwing my hat in the ring as well.
https://medium.com/@0xdeadbeefJERKY/another-getting-started-in-security-post-46f972ff3dab
@x0rz just released a good one: https://blog.0day.rocks/starting-in-cybersecurity-5b02d827fb54
Thanks for this list...I'll make this my 2018 point of focus.
And Lesley Carhart's! @hacks4pancakes
https://tisiphone.net/2015/10/12/starting-an-infosec-career-the-megamix-chapters-1-3/
How about the Getting Into Infosec Podcast?
I also recommend adding the DIY Education in Cyber Security talk by Kelly Shortridge. IMHO, one of the best summaries I have seen. Eerily similar to what I tell students all the time.
Getting started in bug bounty - https://medium.com/@ehsahil/getting-started-in-bug-bounty-7052da28445a
Adding gradiuscypher's https://github.com/gradiuscypher/infosec_getting_started
Includes podcasts, training, tools, etc