Part 2 – Cybersecurity journeys: What even is this job?

If you’ve ever looked at a list of cybersecurity jobs and felt like none of them fit you, you might just be looking at a short list. Most career guides cover the same few roles, like the analyst watching alerts or the pen tester (penetration tester, someone hired to legally break into systems to find weaknesses) looking for a way in. Those jobs matter, but they’re a small slice of a field with room for a lot of different skills.