Pawg (FBA) Is Cyber security oversaturated?

[JT-Money]

This is the consensus I've been hearing. I'm also hearing that some of those hires are incompetent or lack social skills. I know there are also some companies our jobs that do not sponsor visa's like mine, so I'm hearing conflicting things.

It's bad and only getting worse. No telling how many breaches are being covered up by companies to save on labor costs. That's why I'm trying to get out now.

https://www.reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/s/NWEQXalsGa

Indian Cybersecurity Analysts Work Quality

Why is the quality of SOC Analysts from India absolutely horrible? Our company started hiring Indian analysts and what I see is scary. After working in the field, I now understand why so many data breaches occur. Part of it is lack of funding + employees clicking phishing emails, but the larger concern is lack of skilled analysts who can actually tell what is FP versus true positive. $1 million in funding for tools/detection/SOC support/engineering are meaningless and put to waste if the front line analysts are worthless.

There are 1 billion people who live in India but every analyst I come across, from junior to "senior", has almost no idea how to investigate any alert. Almost every alert they work is literally just a copy/paste of the alert details and escalation over to client. I see other analysts do this too, but it seems to happen with 100% of Indian analysts we are hiring (regardless of their skill level). I've caught them closing out malicious file hashes and phishing emails as False Positive. Half the time they don't even bother to check the file hash on VT or run the URL through a sandbox.

It scares me that so many people are entering the cybersecurity field with absolutely no understanding of IT/computers/servers/O365/etc. and basics of cybersecurity. They have Sec+ with no IT experience, yet somehow got the job. It feels insulting to other analysts that do detailed, thorough investigations and worked their way up from help desk/system admin work to cybersecurity.

Am I being "racist" for even saying/thinking this? If not, why is the quality so bad? I KNOW there are very skilled, smart Indian analysts out there who are smarter than me but I haven't really come across any at my current company if I'm being completely honest.

 

[jmegamar]

People always say I would make a great DJ. I was always given the aux on trips and put people on to music and I can sometimes even predict the blends when I go out. Besides that, I do BJJ play basketball and weight lift and read. I make some money on the side helping people find jobs and with resumes. I always was a strong writer and avid reader but I felt the field didn't pay similar to Dj'ing.

I appreciate the advice. I hope you return to full health and push through. You have really good things you are working on on the side.

Maybe instead of IT you should possibly get into an AV job. Just saying because of your love of DJing and experience with working with audio equipment. A lot of people like to incorrectly put IT and AV together like they are the same.

 

[Concerned Citizen]

From what I've been seeing on social media, it seems like the field is oversaturated and there are huge layoffs and outsourcing. Is this still an optimal field to try to pivot too as a 31 year old with no experience? If not, what sector of Tech is untapped and needs employees, that also offers that big salary and remote capabilities.

Everyone negging... it is what it is . I posted this in Higher Learning with a regular title and got no response. I appreciate the people who are honestly responding sincerely.

Brehs just down bad and desperate for guidance. No shame and no negs from me. Good luck..

 

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[maxamusa]

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[RealCrownHeights]

Maybe instead of IT you should possibly get into an AV job. Just saying because of your love of DJing and experience with working with audio equipment. A lot of people like to incorrectly put IT and AV together like they are the same.

That's a good idea I never thought of, thank you.

 

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[Mystic]

So you a PAWG OP? You be letting nikkas run up in your shyt like GameStop and a PS5 release huh?

 

[Metal Face]

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[Carlton Banks]

Dumbest thing you can do. The tech industry is ageist and racist. You dealing with Asians/Indians who are gonna always feel like they're better/smarter than you. You'll be paid less than what everyone else is getting. And since you're older and inexperienced you'll never be taken serious by these people. But sure, go ahead

 

[RealCrownHeights]

Dumbest thing you can do. The tech industry is ageist and racist. You dealing with Asians/Indians who are gonna always feel like they're better/smarter than you. You'll be paid less than what everyone else is getting. And since you're older and inexperienced you'll never be taken serious by these people. But sure, go ahead

Wouldn't that be the norm in any industry that makes money in America? What's your recommendation then?

 

[Carlton Banks]

Wouldn't that be the norm in any industry that makes money in America? What's your recommendation then?

Yeah, but given that the industry is majority white/Asians/immigrants (who are anti black), and I've dealt with those mfs and seen how they treat other black folks. I'd recommend accounting

 

[RealCrownHeights]

Wouldn't that be the norm in any industry that makes money in America? What's your recommendation then?

No thanks man. I can't live life on the assumption of what they may or may not do to me in the industry. I might as well move to Africa at that point. I also hate math, and I recruit and hire Accountant's, I don't wanna take the CPA and crunch numbers aimlessly.

Yeah, but given that the industry is majority white/Asians/immigrants (who are anti black), and I've dealt with those mfs and seen how they treat other black folks. I'd recommend accounting

No thanks man. I can't live life on the assumption of what they may or may not do to me in the industry.

Most high paying jobs are owned by people who may not like me. Shoot it's probably somebody on my floor who doesn't like me. Nothing I can do about it, I might as well move to Africa at that point if I live like that. I also hate math, and I recruit and hire Accountant's, I don't wanna take the CPA and crunch numbers aimlessly.

 

[havoc]

I studied a bit of A+ 1101 earlier this year but I kept hearing it was not that necessary. Thanks for your input. Been studying security+ for years now off and on, but now I'm locking in. No more excuses

The A+ study materials are undervalued in IT. For whatever reasons in the IT field, people who have never study the A+ content will dismiss it as unnecessary or waste of time because they perceived the certification as an elementary credential. CompTia always input new information to keep up with the changes in the industry. Therefore, the current A+ study materials will be beneficial to you because you will learn operating system configuration, security, networking, hardware, cloud, scripting, and many other useful lessons that many advanced certifications don't cover. The A+ covers all the fundamentals of each subset of IT. Study the A+ and you will become a well rounded technician.

 

[New Jeruz Jewelz]

Cybersecurity was and still is the biggest inside joke for IT professionals. Security in layers has always existed.

Anyone that actually works in IT knows that an advanced persistent threat is damn near unstoppable. 10 years ago, we had fancy cyber threat names like Heartbleed A few years later, we found out that anyone could be breached. We shifted to the response and recovery. eBay just said fukk it and kept quiet Companies do pay ransomware requests. It’s not reported but if the key isn’t readily available, you’ll just pay. My Info Sec guy doesn’t even understand networking.