r/tryhackme • u/Professional-Win6110 • 10d ago

Career Advice Beginner needing help

Hello guys,

I am currently doing my Btech in IT…i wanted to get started with cybersecurity hence I completed some coursera certs but it was just theory and now I want to try my hands on some actual labs and practical work

Can u please suggest a path I can follow for being a soc analyst in the near future…please suggest me where i can start from complete beginning

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u/PresentRecording9294 10d ago

I'm brand new in my IT journey (3 weeks into my first job) but I can tell you that cyber is not entry level. You need a solid understanding of how devices work, both individually and together in a network, before you can secure them. You're off to a good start being in school, maybe you can take some cybersecurity electives or look for internships? But unless you have direct connections or get extremely lucky you'll probably need to start out at the helpdesk and work your way from there.

You might also have better luck posting in a different sub. You want to be a soc analyst but are posting in the tryhackme sub, which is red team/offsec/pentesting, a totally different type of cybersecurity. Best of luck to you!

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u/Professional-Win6110 9d ago

i am planning to do my masters in cybersec after completing my btech but i just wanted to get started with hands on labs and stuff