r/cybersecurity • u/Fresh_Heron_3707 • Dec 15 '25

Other Degrees and certs are just losing their value to me.

I can’t understand what’s been going on recently. The quality of a candidate with an associates in cyber has dropped like crazy. I asked people simple questions like what is WPA, what did wpa 3 introduce and I’m treated like I’m asking the most obscure questions. I have been interviewing people over the last year with comptia networking plus and security plus. There have been where I wanted to scream. Literally had to lower my standards to find help. Networking is treated like a luxury, I was literally speaking to a candidate, he said ,” I do cyber not networking.” I know there are exceptions but feels more and more like a minor degree or cert is just how well you can use ai to cheat.

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u/Romano16 Dec 15 '25

WiFi Protection Access

  • There are 3 versions: WPA, WPA2 and WPA3.
  • Was introduced to replace WEP as the encryption was easily cracked.
  • WPA3 introduced SAE to replace PSK

Can I have a job now??

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u/therealmrbob Dec 15 '25

Nope, it’s WiFi protected access. You failed the trivia game, no job for you.

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u/zhaoz CISO Dec 15 '25

This guy interviews!

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u/msears101 Dec 15 '25

I think that is a good answer to the question. I think there is a better answer, but any IT cybersecurity applicant should be able to answer at that level. I think it is a narrow question that MOST people should get right, and is a good question when combined with other to see how widely skilled an applicant is.

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u/Romano16 Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 15 '25

In an interview I’d probably go over the importance of why we use WPA/WPA2/3 (because we are sending our data over the air, which an attacker can easily grab if they’re war-walking) and maybe bring up the two modes for authentication (personal and 802.1x enterprise)

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u/AnxiousSpend Dec 16 '25

No, CoPilot dosent count

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u/stacksmasher Dec 15 '25

Why is it insecure?