Career as a Security Professional

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Career as a Security Professional

• Chester Soong, CISSP
• Managing Director
• Global Information Networks Ltd.

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Agenda

• How the InfoSec industry evolved
• Taking on InfoSec as a career
• Career path in the InfoSec industry
• What it takes to be an InfoSec Professional

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How the InfoSec industry evolved

• Started out as a job function within large
  enterprises
• A reflection of centralized computing environment
• Specialized position in corporations
• Special subject matter experts

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Taking on InfoSec as a career

• Know what you are getting yourself into
• Find your area of expertise
• Monitor market trends in terms of technology and
  adoption
• Be ahead of the market

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Career path in the InfoSec industry

• Base on your area of expertise
• Consulting/external positions
• Technical specialist
• Technical advisor
• Security consultant
• In-house security specialist
• Network engineer
• Firewall administrator
• Network security manager
• Corporate security officer/Director of
  Information Security

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What it takes to be an InfoSec Professional

• Proficient of knowledge in your area of
  specialty, all the time!
• Subscribe to the highest code of professional
  ethics
• Be responsible to your behavior
• Be responsible to your company/clients
• Be responsible to your profession
• Be responsible to the society
• Be professional
• Understand the business aspect of security
  requirement to help senior management to achieve
  the organizations business objectives

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Thank you!

• Please feel free to contact me
• Email csoong_at_hk.gin.net
• Tel [phone]