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Cybersecurity is now an integral part of any organization whether small or big. With the fast pace of technological disruptions, cyber-attacks have also flooded the headlines. The need for skilled cybersecurity personnel is ever-high.
Cybersecurity as a domain holds a number of subdomains like application security, network security, and so on. I have listed the pre-requisite skills to boost you and enter this field confidently.
| Skills | Benefits |
| Linux | Working with Linux, especially Kali will save you a lot of time as most of the tools will come pre-installed. |
| Networking Fundamentals | Will help you to understand and implement Network security better. |
| One programming language | Any programming language preferably python is needed to understand python scripts. |
| Cloud computing fundamentals | With businesses moving to the cloud, try to learn and work fundamentals for cloud operations. |
After learning all this you will get a hold of all the labs we are going to solve to understand and imitate various security attacks on our project.
I am a huge supporter of free education for all and Youtube is full of crazy good channels which will give you a fantastic learning experience. I have listed some of the best of the best so that you don't have to go on a searching spree!
Cybersecurity is all about thinking from a perspective of a hacker who is trying to break into the application/network security. Below are some resources which host lab environments so that you can practice your attack exploits.
Hope you find this topic insightful and got some good resource recommendations as well. Please like and support. I will be happy to bring more detailed niche topics in the cybersecurity domain.
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