Sometimes people ask me for career advice related to information security in general and, more specifically, digital forensics and incident response. I’ve written a few articles on this topic, as did many other respected professionals. Below are pointers to some of these tips.
Digital forensics in general:
- Getting Started in Digital Forensics: Do You Have What It Takes? advice by Gregory Pendergast
- Digital Forensics on a (Less Than) Shoestring Budget advice by Ken Pryor
- Getting Your First DFIR Job advice by Douglas Brush
- Professional Development in Digital Forensics and Incident Response summarized by Lenny Zeltser
- Getting Started advice by Harlan Carvey
- Becoming a Computer Forensic Examiner article by Zeljka Zorz
Specific to malware analysis:
- How to Get Started With Malware Analysis advice by Lenny Zeltser
- Tips on Malware Analysis and Reverse-Engineering advice by Jake Williams
- So You Want To Be a Malware Analyst advice by Adam Kujawa
- Becoming a Malware Analyst article by Zeljka Zorz
Broader IT and information security career tips:
- Tips For Getting the Right IT Job advice by Lenny Zeltser
- Getting Started in InfoSec… Or Any Other Career advice by Hal Pomeranz
- Know What Signal You’re Giving advice by Mike Murray
- How to Break Into Security interviews by Brian Krebs
I’m sure I missed many other excellent articles with practical career tips for digital forensics and related fields. If you’d like to recommend your favorite references, kindly leave a comment.
Updated June 5, 2013