I am about to give a small talk tomorrow (Sep 16th, 2025) on Roadmap to pursue a career in Cybersecurity 👨🏻💻🛡️
When I moved back to India, HOD at IT dept at A. P. Shah Institute of Technology (my alma mater) asked me if I can give a talk to Second Year and Third Year Engineering Students. Why would I say No. The best way to become a master in something is to teach others about it. Also I get an opportunity to go back my college as an Alumni and a mentor. It’s cool!😎
So I decided I will give a nice and concise 45 min talk on “How to pursue a Career in Cybersecurity”. It is a little funny if I think about it, I’m not an industry expert to tell others how should they pursue a career. Because, I don’t have a full time job yet. But I do have a Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity from Stevens. So I won’t call myself an industry expert but rather an Emerging Expert.
But I am not going just to give a talk. I more interested in finding out what other activities students have been involved in that are directly related to cybersecurity. It’s been a long time since I have graduated from APSIT. I have been following their Linkedin and Instgram pages for last three years and I have to say, I see a chain reaction. More and more students are interested in this domain. They don’t just want to get certifications but postgraduate degrees too. They are indeed taking it seriously. What’s interesting about this is that it started after I graduated from APSIT. Back then, there were very few people (probably only me from my batch) who were excited about being security specialists. Most of them were interested in Development and other things. But, now it’s different. There is a Cybersecurity Club in my college!. I don’t know what they do apart from taking workshops but I so wish that it should have been there when I was a student. And I have way too many suggestions for them xD.