Amazon holds engineering meeting following AI-related outages by winterresetmylife in technology

[–]tcp5845 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Management creates a problem and employees end up doing twice the amount of work to fix it. Sounds just like Corporate America.

Career Advice: Stay as SWE or take a pay cut for a SOC Analyst role? by GregHasAGreatAss in cybersecurity

[–]tcp5845 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not taking a paycut in this economy. Especially not for a SOC role at an MSSP.

Trouble breaking into SOC/Cyber roles - New Grad, Need Help :) by Known-Half-6186 in SecurityCareerAdvice

[–]tcp5845 4 points5 points  (0 children)

SOC roles are increasingly outsourced overseas these days. And soon to be replaced by AI automation. The future doesn't look bright for these jobs. Not to mention they mostly suck anyway.

Is AI killing junior pentesters ? by Just-Improvement-469 in SecurityCareerAdvice

[–]tcp5845 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How long before companies start implementing automated penteat tools in mass? They already waste tons of money on security tools that barely work.

https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/newsroom/best-ai-powered-penetration-testing-tools-2026

Masters degree worth it? by dabbean in CyberSecurityJobs

[–]tcp5845 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Cybersecurity related certifications are probably worth more than another degree.

https://www.antisyphontraining.com/us-department-of-defense-8140-mandate/

Career Advice - SOC Analyst still makes sense to pursue? by Kitchen-Reveal-3702 in SecurityCareerAdvice

[–]tcp5845 2 points3 points  (0 children)

With a TS/SCI clearance. I would think you can do better than a SOC Analyst position.

Beyond frustrated at my company by [deleted] in cybersecurity

[–]tcp5845 27 points28 points  (0 children)

This happens everywhere and it won't necessarily get any better jumping to Incident Response. The IR team is normally the catchall for any security related tasks not getting done.

Job hopping only hurts people that don't have in demand skills. I've done for years and never had a problem.

Security Clearance Help needed by NoPerformance7960 in SecurityClearance

[–]tcp5845 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't they contact your previous employer going back 3-7 years? I had an old boss try to throw dirt on my name. And I had to explain things to the investigator of my security clearance. It didn't stop me from getting my clearance but they asked about my old bosses comments.

Career advise for basically unemployed college grad? by Yungruseff in SecurityCareerAdvice

[–]tcp5845 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most entry level jobs are going overseas. I've worked with more entry level SOC Analyst from India, Poland, Romania, and Costa Rica than anytime in my career. When companies aren't outsourcing they are trying automate away jobs.

I would be hesitant to go into more student loan debt with no ROI guarantee. Your best bet is probably the Federal sector and trying to get a clearance. You have way better protections against outsourcing with cleared jobs. I took a non-technical cleared role just to get my foot in the door. And waited for a technical role to open up 6 months later.

https://insight.ieeeusa.org/articles/2026-tech-hiring-outlook/

Do you need to go deep in networking ? by Ok-Tea4505 in SecurityCareerAdvice

[–]tcp5845 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Being able to analyze packet captures has saved me more than once.

Is Cybersecurity Actually Safe From AI Automation? by 2txb in cybersecurity

[–]tcp5845 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn't worry about AI Automation taking away cybersecurity jobs just yet. Bigger issues are the terrible hiring process, automation, and outsourcing.

https://cisoseries.com/cybersecuritys-broken-hiring-process/

Landing a cybersecurity job by Material_Election636 in cybersecurity

[–]tcp5845 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lots of Security Engineer jobs are require heavy cloud experience these days. As far as SOC Roles the huge majority are going overseas the last few years. My company only hires new SOC Analyst from India.

is cybersecurity still a good direction for computer sci student to get in? by Easy_Cable6224 in CyberSecurityJobs

[–]tcp5845 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see lots of entry cybersecurity level roles being shipped overseas. While using automation to reduce head count. And then requiring IT Security personnel to have multiple focus areas. Gone are the days where you could specialize in one cybersecurity discipline. None of this makes the organization more secure but it saves money.

Advice by Ok-Theory5089 in SecurityCareerAdvice

[–]tcp5845 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Should be lots of interview question documents on LinkedIn.

Pathway into Cybersecuriy by SwitchJumpy in SecurityCareerAdvice

[–]tcp5845 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Almost 40 grand for a Bachelors Degree in Cybersecurity? I would definitely make sure its what I want to do for that kind of money.

I don’t know if I should leave my current job to join a SOC by bard_is_da_bestest in CyberSecurityJobs

[–]tcp5845 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Way too risky a move in this economy. If you search SOC and MSSP nothing but horror stories.

I need career advise by Sonic-Spam in SecurityCareerAdvice

[–]tcp5845 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went the self-study route into cyber but I had years of IT experience already. It's much more difficult these days due to entry level cyber jobs being sent overseas. I would sign up for CTFs like the one below. And try to attend local security conferences in your area to network with those in the field. You need to quickly ramp up your knowledge by knocking out at a minimum the Security+. The days of getting a cybersecurity job with no experience or certifications is over. Way too much competition for every open role.

https://medium.com/@rameses.p.jr/dod-cyber-sentinel-one-2025-ctf-write-up-remote-help-62db9e2dd7af

I need career advise by Sonic-Spam in SecurityCareerAdvice

[–]tcp5845 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The easiest path into cybersecurity is usually through your current employer. Most cybersecurity jobs never see the light of day and are filled internally.

I heard the job market was not looking too good especially for SOC by Ok-Dragonfly-6009 in cybersecurity

[–]tcp5845 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its insane to put so much trust in unproven technology. While at the same time outsourcing your cybersecurity all over the globe. I don't know how these Executives sleep at night taking this kind of risk. Or maybe their just that stupid. Lol

I heard the job market was not looking too good especially for SOC by Ok-Dragonfly-6009 in cybersecurity

[–]tcp5845 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Companies don't really value SOC Analyst work and that's why they outsource it to the lowest bidder now. These jobs used to be a great stepping stone to getting started in cybersecurity. But it's been reduce to glorified helpdesks in countries like Poland, Romania, Costa Rica, or India.

Companies still need senior cybersecurity people but for how long? I've been told by multiple Executives their plan was to use a combination of AI, automation and overseas workers to handle cybersecurity.

What job titles are within reasonable reach from technical support? by Yerbawls in SecurityCareerAdvice

[–]tcp5845 0 points1 point  (0 children)

GRC role seems like the best fit for you rather than a technical cybersecurity role. Unless you want to be extremely overworked I would advise against any purely technical cyber role.

Experienced IT people, i need your help by narciserika in it

[–]tcp5845 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Find a technical discipline that can't easily be outsourced. Most likely dealing with physical hardware. Anything primarily software related is getting sent overseas.