Cybersecurity
Huy Tran
Huy Tran was born in Vietnam and spent most of his school years in Orange County graduating from Cal State Long Beach. Started his career working for the Navy as a civilian in Seal Beach; transitioned to private industry working for companies like Bank of America, Amgen; and now back with the Navy at Point Mugu. He is the proud father of two girls -- one who is currently a junior at OPHS and the other daughter graduated from OPHS last year.
Shanel Phillippe
Shanel Phillippe is a native Californian who graduated from California Lutheran University with a Masters in Information Technology Management. Before entering into tech she was an Air National Guard member for 10 years as an information analyst. She currently works for the United States Navy as a cybersecurity analyst.
What is cybersecurity?
What is security
Building things that are secure
Break things that are insecure
Defend things that are insecure
Types of jobs
Application security
Data loss prevention
Forensics
Incident response
Network security
Typical feeder role transitioning to cybersecurity jobs
Software programmer
IT help desk and administrator
System engineering
Risk manager
Computer networking
Hacking
The Hats
Black- hollywood, trying to get money
White- trained professionals
Gray- self learned
Red- work for government to hack other countries
Ethical hacking
2021- 3.5 million unfilled positions
Careers
Penetration tester
Vulnerability assessor
Information security analyst
Certified ethical hacker
Security engineer
Information security management
Social engineering
Pros
Good change of pace
Learning constantly
Love school
Love technology
Problem solving in virtual environment
Build complex things that helps the workforce
Cons
Passion can lead to a lot of extra hours
May need to return to school to get more comp sci basics