Google's new Cybersecurity Professional Certificate?
How prepared for S+ does the “Grow with Google’s Cybersecurity Certification” make you?
Just got a Google Cybersecurity Cert- Now What?
Purely job wise - Look at what's popular for certs on job sites then aim to pass requirements first. (EX: a majority of help desk which is the starting point for everyone are looking for a+ to even get in the door through the HR/AI checks)
Cyber Security tends to be the thing people do once they land a role in help desk / support / networking and have an opportunity to get into it from the current position or you know someone. No work experience is going to be rough and the google certs are a footnote to mention in an interview, not something that's going to land you a job. Nail down a path and do some research on here in the sea of threads of people who don't have any professional experience but want to get into it.
Skip the Google certificate stuff and go straight into the comp tia trio or research a programming fast track. An idea? No, but if you actually had say a git repo with multiple programming projects to show you know what you're doing then yes if that happened to be one of them.
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If you have zero background working in tech/IT, I’d recommend to begin applying to any entry level role you can find while also studying for your CompTIA A+.
Some may disagree with me and say it’s better to go straight to studying for your Security+, but I’d really only recommend that if you had some sort of tech degree or even a basic IT role on your resume that shows you understand, to some extent, what it means to work in the field.
Also, if you’d really like to learn a bit about the hands-on side of cybersecurity in an easy to understand way, check out TryHackMe’s beginner path. It presents a lot of good information in its free modules and it’s not very expensive to jump on their premium tier either, especially if you have access to a student email as they give a bit of a discount.
I’m a recent grad with a B.S. in CS as well as working an IT role right now so lemme know if you have any questions. Good luck!
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Looks like this is pretty new, fresh on Coursera, $50/mo after a free trial; they state it can be done in 6 months @ 7 hours/week, which is obviously a pretty casual pace.
https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/google-cybersecurity
Has anyone looked at those closely at all? It also states this more or less preps you for the Sec+ exam so you can likely pick up both after finishing this up and probably poking at a couple practice exams.