In era of Industrial Revolution 4.0, if there is any discipline that is currently experiencing shortages in skills and specialist count it is definitely going to be cybersecurity.

Recent reports by NST shows a skill gap in cyber security specialist in the country is deficient as much as another 3,000 blooded professionals. IT Decision makers reportedly identify cyber security talents are hard to fulfilled by current pool of talents in Malaysia.

This may due to the current tertiary curriculum which doesn’t emphasize on Industrial 4.0 trainings such as Big Data Analytics, Cloud Computing, Internet of Things (IoT), 3D Printing, System Integration, 3D Printing, Autonomous robots and Simulation.

Technical skill that a good cyber security professional need to have in order to excel in their career, includes IT fundamentals (Web application, system administration), coding skills (C, C++, Java, PHP, Perl, Ruby, Python) and understanding of IT infrastructure, administration, hardware and operating systems are a must. On top of technical skill, one must also be equipped with necessary soft skills such as communication and leadership skills.

Knowing which certifications to take is also key in having a successful cybersecurity career.

CompTIA Security+ Cybersecurity Certification:  

CompTIA Security+ is the primary course you will need to take if your job responsibilities include securing network services, devices, and traffic in your organization. One of the most popular course among IT fresh graduate who are looking to bolster their first job in cyber security with vendor neutral perspective. This means this course is irrelevant of the vendor technology that your prospective employee used, whether they might be Amazon, Windows, CISCO, etc, which is good news considering you’re not tied down to any single brand.

20744:  Securing Windows Server 2016 Cybersecurity Training

Unlike Security +, Securing Windows Server 2016 is a vendor specific cyber security course that tailor security to it Windows 2016 Server environment. Windows server 2016 are commonly used in corporate environments alot, which gives individuals who takes this course to be a first choice in securing the network and server environment. Apart from advance threat analysis and audit, this certification also testifies to your knowledge on identifying security issues involving Windows Server 2016.

CompTIA CySA+ Cybersecurity Training:

CySA is an intermediary cybersecurity course that introduces tools and tactics to manage cybersecurity risks, identify various types ofcommon threats, evaluate the organization’s security, collect and analyse cybersecurity intelligence, and handle incidents as they occur. Considered as the next stage of a security track after Security+, CySA has been touted as one of the hardest certification to pass.

Certified Information Security Manager (CISM®) Certification Cyber Security Training:

If you’ve hit the threshold in your career where you’re looking to pivot from hands-on cyber security position towards managing your own cyber security team mates, CISM is the next stage in your certification plan.

Certified Ethical Hacker v.10 Cyber Security Training:

There is no better testament that you’re a certified cyber security professional who has gone through the rigorous demand of EC-Council’s CEH certification. On top of being certified a bona-fide hacker who is the good side of the law, you’ll equip with knowledge and tools that allow one to assess the risk of an organization so that they can better protect their assets. Apart from being a suitable certification for budding cyber security professional, CEH also allowed non-IT security professionals who are in ICT line to bolster their current IT knowledge and adapt to demanding cyber security

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Cyber Security Training:

In terms of ranking, CISSP is one of the highest rate cyber security courses in IT world. Perhaps due to that nature, it doesn’t come as surprise that it requires several prerequisites, one of which, where participant must have a minimum 5 years work experience, in at least two of the eight (ISC)² CISSP Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) domains: ecurity and risk management, asset security, security engineering, communication and network security, identity and access management (IAM), security assessment and testing, security operations or software development security. Unlike, other training listed here, CISSP doesn’t requires a training in which laptops as a necessary tools during training. Likewise, passing CISSP certification will ensure highly likelyhood of reaching a higher level of employment as well as better earning potential.