Book Discussion: Jump-start Your SOC Analyst Career – Jarrett Rodrick, Tyler Wall – ESW #368
Three years after we last discussed this book on episode #221, Jarrett Rodrick returns, joined by co-author Tyler Wall to discuss an update of the book. We talk opportunities and layoffs. Career paths and experience. Degrees, certifications, and home labs. We talk about who cybersecurity is the right field for, and the pros and cons of the industry as a whole.
We also talk myths and reality about a cybersecurity career. Can you really make $100k just a few years in? Is it really an entry level field? Are you better off entering cyber from IT or the military?
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Jarrett W. Rodrick is the Senior Manager of Security Operations at Omnissa and was formerly the Senior Manager of the Security Operation Center at VMware. He is a retired Cyber Network Defender and Cyber Warfare Specialist from the US Army and has over eleven years of Defensive Cyber Operations experience between US Army Cyber Command and leading world-class security programs at Fortune 100 companies. Jarrett’s education includes a Bachelor of Science in Applied Cybersecurity from SANS Technology Institute and 17 GIAC cyber security certifications. Jarrett lives in Melissa, Texas, and enjoys golfing with his son and board games with his family.
With over a decade of experience specializing in Security Operations Centers (SOC), Tyler Wall enjoys teaching and mentoring new cybersecurity talent. He has obtained a Master of Science in Cybersecurity from Purdue University and certifications including the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Cloud Certificate of Security Knowledge (CCSK), Certified Forensic Security Responder (CSFR), Security+, Network+, and many others. He is the author of the popular book Jump-start Your SOC Analyst Career and Udemy course Cybersecurity: Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst NOW!
He owns his own library and collects rare books. Most collectables are autographed biographies of people he identifies with that have had similar struggles in life. He also has a couple of very old first editions and autographed books from his friends who are also authors.
There are also some books on his bookshelf that get used frequently, often having two copies, one to collect and one to read. His favorite book of all time, is Treasures of World History: The Story of Civilization Told Through Its 50 Most Important Documents. Its not a popular book, and it seems to be a mystery how he even ended up with it. His wife bought it for his birthday, and doesn’t remember where or how she got it. It was an insignificant last minute present she picked up to add to the rest of his gifts. Tyler is most interested in what store liked this book so much that they kept it in stock, because he likes them. He’s had it for a couple of years and still learning interesting things that makes him question the integrity of history, science, technology, religion and many other subjects. Written by a famous journalist couple who are familiar with tall tales. He could write for a long time about this book. In fact, Tyler could write a long time on just about anything.
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