Laurel Mountain Cyber Security

In this episode, we discuss the positive enhancements AI has brought to the cybersecurity world, the challenges that leveraging generative AI can bring, a look ahead to where AI will take the industry in the next 3-5 years and how prospective newcomers to the cyber security industry can take advantage of AI for their career advancement.

Over the last few years, I have had the privilege of being sent various questions about the cybersecurity industry from the Laurel Mountain Cybersecurity Podcast and being a guest panelist on a cybersecurity summer camp earlier this year. In today's podcast, we take a trip to the Laurel Mountain Cybersecurity mailroom to answer your questions about getting started in the cybersecurity industry.

After years of nearly zero unemployment, the Information Technology and Cybersecurity industries are faced with the most challenging job market in the last 15 years. In today's episode, we provide a deep dive into the truth of the present cybersecurity job market, how we got into this predicament, some insight into how the remainder of 2024 and 2025's job markets may unfold and an actionable means to set yourself apart in the current job market.

In this podcast, we take a trip to the past to help explain why cyber security breaches continue to happen here in 2022, a review of a recent hack on a major corporation that could easily have been prevented with some good cyber security awareness training and some tips on how you as a junior cyber security professional can help use your voice and position to help prevent bad cyber practices from occurring in your workplace.

In this episode, we review what a cyber security certification actually is, why cyber security certifications can help you on your cyber security journey and the five cyber security certifications we recommend to not only overcome HR hurdles for job interviews but to help gain the knowledge necessary to become a fantastic cyber security professional.