CYBER SECURITY PREPARATION & SOC Analyst COURSE

After the great revolutions that took place since the day of human domination (the discovery of fire 20,000 years ago), the agricultural revolution (10,000 BC), and the industrial revolution at the end of the 18th century, came the digital revolution. Some people consider the digital revolution to be a part of a larger revolution, the knowledge revolution.

The beginning of the digital revolution could be traced back to 1947, with the invention of the first transistor or in the 1970s, when the Internet was radio accessible to the U.S. military. You can also start in the 1980s, when personal computers became public domain and smartphones came into the world, or in the 1990s when the Internet became accessible worldwide.

The digital revolution brought cyber threats: military, security, industrial, commercial, etc. In fact, caught humanity "unprepared".

All the technologies we know became "digital": airplanes, tanks, vehicles, machines, energy systems, medical devices (including implanted devices in the human body for saving lives or improving quality of life), communication devices and more.

All these measures are subject to cyberattack.

The effect is threatening countries, both economically and militarily. Thus, the whole world began to develop cybersecurity knowledge and cyber-attacks as amok percentages. It is not about economical choices, but about the lack of choice.

At any point or time during the digital revolution, a new problem has developed: communication has become so accessible it is actually "reaching out" to digital burglars, just as an open door "call" a conventional thief.

The industry that deals with protecting the new breaches caused by totally accessible communication, is called Cybersecurity.

The rapid development of the digital crime epidemic caused a need for diverse professionals to complement one another and to provide an adequate response. The knowledge required for protection is too broad and too varied to fit within an individual, so a group of professionals in different disciplines is required.

The modern era is dominated by members of the "blue collar", but there is a shortage of thought-provoking elements across the economy: medicine, engineering, economics, computers and more. Now that a new industry is emerging, the world is having trouble keeping up with the required production of cyber-defense knowledgeable. The outlook for decades ahead is like this: severe shortage of professionals, all over the world.

To start a real career in cybersecurity you must acquire a "toolbox" in network management accompanied with some essential additions, so you can maintain a sufficient level of knowledge to move to the second stage - the advanced cybersecurity professions.

The "toolbox" contain these domains:

1. Server Management - Microsoft Windows Servers - based on MCSA certification.

2. Computer communication based on Cisco CCNA - or CompTIA Network+.

3. Linux operating system - basics - based on LPI Linux Essentials certification.

4. Firewall - based on Fortinet NSE 4 certification (or other possible manufacturer).

5. Basic Python programing.

6. SOC Basics – Tier 1 responder.

The curriculum which includes these domains is called "SOC Analyst, Cyber Basics and Network Administrators." It's a nine-month program, in two-week evening training, 320 class hours, plus about 350 hours of individual assignments.

• "We will take care of your work towards the end of the course".
  It is one of the most used forms of Computers & IT Education due to its commercial use for the sale of courses. Individual course marketers promise "a job at the end of studies". Their promise is accompanied by a "signed contract", a term that is insinuated, which only perpetuates the fact that the unfortunate student who does not understand the vaguely legal essence of the contract will not be able to sue anything. The sad fact is represented by the following statement: "If you're good, you don't need me because you'll be kidnapped, and if you're bad, I won't keep my promise anyway."
• "You're a nice guy. You'll get a scholarship."
  A scholarship is a monetary grant for the purpose of studying at a university only. When you're supposedly offered a scholarship at college, the salesman just offered you a discount in the words "washed." Educational institutions are not furniture stores. A distinguished institution is careful to keep a clean appearance in the eyes of all its candidates and students. They added another gift course to you. You got a discount... See the previous explanation.
• "We teach X and Y and Z."
  The required curriculum in the eyes of the employer is the only one that should concern you, because at the end of the day, it will condemn your sentence. Have you been offered a more "Senior Networking Course"? You may ridicule your interviewers for work.
• "Call Our Rescuers".
  References (students and graduates) are an essential and true component of the selection processes of the school, but you must choose the References yourself, and not from a closed list provided to you by the institution in the first place.

The solution is to take a course that is already “running”, leave a complete lesson in the classroom and learn the dynamic between the teacher and the students during the class. During recess, go to the students you choose, and talk to them in private. Quite simple, isn't it? College refuses? College doesn't deserve your trust and money.

Professional training from 45 years of age

In interviews, the college’s general officer performs daily, he encounters members of all ages. 23-year-olds fear they're two years late. 30-year-olds who are feeling a decade later, 40- and 50-year-olds have an even stronger sense, and so on.

Very good! Fear is a positive, vital, energizing motivator, but only for situations where the initiative is not natural.

This chapter is not intended for 35-year-olds who think they are "adults". College-wise and employer-wise, you're young. Treat this manual as a beginner to 25 years old.

Conversion to non-computer professionals

Of the approximately 10,000 people who have been interviewed in college since 2003, about 500 of them were between the ages of 35 and 65 and were not using computers.

First, the facts:

In the cyber sector that is desperate for professional strength, there are professions that are mainly suitable for young people, professions that are suitable mainly for adults, and professions that are suitable for people of all ages.

We don't even remember one single "professional grandfather" who couldn't find a job in the cyber sector, with a new career, and probably an interesting one.

So, is cyber appropriate for any adult who is interested in retraining? No. Not all, but many do.

Many people belonging to this category are people of professions. Many others, professionals who make their “great love” at a younger age (graphic designers, music, and sound professionals, and even cooks). Now, they are tired of the grind in the profession, or "forced into conversion" from being fired.

If your tongue is bright and pleasant, if your temples have a stuffing between them, you'll succeed with the branch.

On the one hand, not all trades in the cyber sector will have open doors, but on the other hand, some will have open doors even more open to the young.

This manual is not intended to "convince" you. In order to ensure your suitability for one of the industry professions, you will have to surrender your feet and come to an interview with me, so that I can express a professional and personal opinion. On the other hand - if the process of professional conversion is necessary for you, it is better to join a rising industry, that has great growth, and not another problematic industry.

Migrate to IT people

The learning process is cyclical. Every day, and every month, you need to enrich your knowledge with a point, based on the current needs of the present. At any time (1-3 years), you need to enrich your knowledge in a meaningful, meaningful way, according to the needs of the future! Your car, too, is regularly treated every 15,000 km, and yet it will undergo special treatment every 60,000 km.

If you haven’t, and haven’t bothered to get a second, higher education every three years, and as a result you’ve been suffering for a whole decade from “side-by-side” rather than going up the enterprise hierarchy, which is, you’re now paying the price: your car is worth very little. You must purchase a new engine.

"... You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start now and change the end..."

The IT industry is not booming, despite the general economic boom that added the need for thousands of new IT jobs.

Why? Because against the high-tech boom in the country, there are trends that have a gift impact:

1. Join the IT workforce of thousands of “young people” who expect a lower salary than NIS 20,000 or more who is awarded a “industry veteran” of 35 or 45. A “young man” with only 3 years of experience, will be happy to receive a salary of 15,000 NIS, and in fact - will be able to fulfill despite his poor experience, 80% of the benefit that you, the adult and experienced, can provide to the employer. Therefore, the employer will preference a young person, and the gap of 15% in competence will complement by means of an external casual service.
2. The shift of global computing to cloud technology, which is just a little nibble on the need for mainstream IT.
3. The transition of IT into a hybrid environment is inevitable: IT-cyber.

No "network administrator" can be guaranteed to be integrated into the cyber world. It is certainly possible to guarantee those who seek advice, a clear conversation, questioning, and an honest opinion based on the experience of the college CEO. The lack of a cyber sector is quite promising to a significant portion of IT personnel.

Training for Developers

Programmers find out between the ages of 40 and 45 that they're less attractive and start feeling distressed about finding a new job. Others despise their monotony.

In the cyber sector, there are several professions in different orientations:

• Penetration Testing, Forensics, Malware Analysis, Vulnerability research, Intelligence.
• Engineering Professions and Architecture - Protection for Computing Infrastructure.
• Methodological professions - theoretical orientation: legal, economic, organizational, etc.
• Most of the developers who converted to cyberspace chose the former option, and some chose the latter.

Explore the meaning of the professions and ask for an interview for advice with the college CEO.

Hi-Tech and Cyber - Closed Club or Cliché?

Apparently, you have also taken part in a salon talk or a hallway, where you have heard about the wonderful life in the high-tech: conditions, prestige, status and - also the rewarding salary. Myth: Many believe that the high-tech world is a "closed group" whose entry conditions are limited, to almost impossible.

Myths apart, and reality apart.

Israel, as a country of conflict, was forced to deal with the cyber challenge before other countries did so and created a significant competitive advantage. This advantage led to the establishment of international development and research centers and many Israeli start-ups.

The heavy shortage of professionals in the world, in general and in Israel in particular, created an exceptional demand for professionals, which in turn created exceptional wages conditions compared to any other industry.

Moreover, the cyber professions are very different from one another, allowing for different kinds of people with very different skills and orientation, to find the right profession for them.

People differ by their skill clusters. In addition, cyber-related professions are radically different from one another in terms of office requirements. Various professions have different requirements: A demand for an owner of logical-mathematical skills, or possesses real-engineering skills, or verbal intelligence, or spatial intelligence, or is aware of details, or quick absorption of the "big picture", or interpersonal intelligence, crystalline intelligence, fluidic intelligence, and countless other skills.

Social Network Experts

What would happen if you asked one of these groups on social media: "How did you start?" Sixty-seven professors aged 18 to 30 will answer you:

"Haha ..., you made me laugh" ... "Learn by yourself, you shiver ...", "You can't learn. You're born with it... " You're late. You've got to start at age two — pre-med computer science, only army intelligence professionals can.

It's a good thing NASA didn't ask on social media how to get to the moon.

Now, it's a good thing Louis Pasteur wasn't interested in Facebook how to study microbiology.

Thank God Albert Einstein didn't test "Facebook cannons" for the speed of light...

"Behind the Screen Specialists" recommendations have no value. Each person has a personal experience, not a vetted statistic, and they tend to project it to the other. Even worse: the more “bitter” messages, usually belong to those who failed in their way. Would it be conceivable that the sentence “learn cyber alone” would be considered a reasonable recommendation?

Even worse: Recently, the social network was "flooded" with fake-posts by fictitious characters - unscrupulous "sales agents" or some emotion.

NOTE: If you are dissatisfied with your current work or are underpaid by the branch you are in, you must act. In the cyber sector, there are professions that do not suit graduates, along with professions that would be highly appropriate, just over a certain age.

"Attention deficit disorder"

Very many Y-Z generations have been diagnosed with a attention-to-concentration "problem." Why the quotation marks? Because there are many benefits as well. As it turns out, nature has given the problem both powerful tools to the problem owner, and some advantages in comparison with others. So why are we getting out of high school with trauma? Why do some of us but feel a sense of overwhelming confidence? Because the education system in general and the Middle School in particular can't handle it because of the density and the lack of adequate budgets in the national priorities.

You went to primary school and high school, you were diagnosed as being in the category of attention deficit, you suffered a lot in high school, and you're carrying a sense of aversion to learning? Typical. But... Wrong. Terrible mistake. We have some good news for you.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is commonly known as ADHD or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Its core symptoms are attention deficit, hyperactivity and rarely impulsiveness. In most cases, however, only a few of the symptoms appear.

Note: The disorder is not recognized as a learning disability

How? Because ADHD owners can achieve incredible results, beyond the average of undisturbed students, by enjoying the learning experience, the learning experience, the atmosphere, and so forth. As it turns out, ADHD owners are better able to invest in household tasks for a longer time than normal students.

There are professions in the cyber sector, where the percentage of ADHD is high and even extreme. Want to guess which profession? Come on...

"The Veteran's Crisis"

When the Israel Defense Forces are released after a long period of time when you have been denied independence in such a significant way, we expect that someone will naturally "decide for us." It won't happen... We're all different, there's not one "truth" that's right for all of us. We come from different backgrounds and from different personalities.

There are several reasons that contribute to the crisis, and it is only the intensity of the crisis that varies from person to person:

1. Uncertainty "What to do first".
2. The loss (apparently) of the friends we've become so used to.
3. General concerns about "adult life."
4. The loss of responsibility that accompanies the part he completed in the IDF. In the military - he sometimes played a role with responsibility, and now - diving into "meaningless".

Don't lose heart. All the "grown-ups" you see around you, went through that.

Start gathering information: Talk to your friends, parents, parents, and parents, and if you feel the need - consult professional experts. Find out the details of the choices you are facing.

Keep in mind the key phrase:

"... Do not be afraid to progress slowly, fear only to stand in place..."