Network Engineering is better than Cybersecurity

Network Pacquiao 🥊 👊🏽

Factsss Networking is the backbone wether you like it or not and you can jump into any IT field with it!

I pivoted from Network Engineering to CyberSecurity to work on more interesting stuff like Palo Alto firewalls, Zscaler, Network Detection & Response and Automation with XSOAR. I work for large Fortune 10 where firewalls, IDS, Proxy and other Network Security products are not a Network Engineers responsibility. More fun in Security with a Networking knowledge though I don't miss routing & switching.

Security engineer here, I never actually worked in a networking position directly but worked with other network engineers closely. I do have my ccna though and I would say that has helped and prepared me for my current role as a security engineer.

🎯 Decided to take a pause on cyber certs and go for the CCNA. Will sit for the exam in a few weeks. Looking back am confident it was the right move. Have learned a ton and gained a genuine / growing interest for networking. Enjoy the videos Dean. A+ as always

damn never knew fez from that 70s show was so knowledgable when it comes to cyber

Ive been studying for the ccna for 3 months. I appreciate these videos. Great info from someone far ahead in the journey than myself.

Im moving from networking into security and hoping i still get to keep my hands on all the networking equipment

Im currently a network engineer and get to work on a lot of fortinet ngfws. I completely agree with you on this video, it seems like with all of the added functionality of firewalls anymore, that this position can really prime you for a cyber / offensive security job.

I so agree with you on everything but especially when getting into cyber without knowledge of networking, these two go together , and I want to add programming is also crucial

I agree with you, but when it comes to setting salaries, companies do not have the same opinion

👤 CyberSec here. A network engineer will never be able to stop, detect, or circumvent social engineering attacks. The term “Better” is probably not the right word to use. Networking skills are crucial to any tech discipline, but it doesn’t overrule or out-do all the others. Besides, most networking guys are not people-oriented, which is a major strength CyberSec folks hone over time. Sorry, but this argument only works on novices…

Only reason I'm not chasing network engineering is because I don't see the demand in job postings, and every other tech role is already fucked in this job market right now.

I attended this college that was promoting the so-called well respected ISC2... I dropped out as I got bored. I don't trust teachers anymore. They are carrot danglers

yeah too many incompetent managers/leaders, totally agree...seen and have worked with these kind of people. Its like government, there is politics within an organization.

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This is from someone who graduated in a network engineering program and is currently a CISO.. I just disagree with the last part as network engineers also need to know programming(especially), windows server configs(not only linux/unix), legal, risk mngmt, IT gov, QA, ESM, SDLC, cloud, BCM to be a great cybersecurity professional..but yeah learning linux is good enough for entry level cyber. While I agree that it is nearly impossible for cyber people to be network people, it is not easy being in cybersecurity due to how many roles you become accountable to. Easy to get in, hard to master.

My opinion on this subject is: You can not become Great Cyber Security Engineer in Networking Field without strong fundamentals in areas of networking and how basic services are working. I have met during my career many Cyber Security Professionals, some of them having 30+ years of experience, who claims that fundamentals are always crucial, in pentest, security and network engineering and also it will be a valid knowledge in monitoring, vulnerability assessment. I can not imagine how Cisco PSIRT team is mitigating advanced issues in their Cisco products without having good knowledge how network protocols are working in details, especially having in mind that Cisco is networking company, which created first router for enterprise networking. So definitely yes, network knowledge is a key in life of IT/ICT engineers and Cyber Security Professionals !

Ccie security or oscp

I love network engineering.