How do I get my first cybersecurity job?

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series What does a young person, eager to get into cybersecurity, have to show or prove to land their first help desk, tech support role? Check out this post for the basis for our conversation on this week’s episode which features me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series, co-host Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn and our guest Bryan Zimmer (@bryanzimmer), head of security, Humu. Thanks to our podcast sponsor, Palo Alto Networks

In 1666, Sir Isaac Newton famously used a prism to disperse white light into colors. Today, cloud security professionals use Prisma Cloud from Palo Alto Networks to disperse full lifecycle security and full stack protection across their multi- and hybrid-cloud environments. We think Sir Isaac would approve. Learn more about Prisma Cloud paloaltonetworks.com/Prisma/cloud. In this episode • Balancing out certifications and experience • If we train you, will you stay, or will you leave? • What's your compelling story that shows what you can do? • Researching the competition: what are other candidates doing?