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What’s Your Cybersecurity Problem?
Reframing Your Career In Terms of “Problem To Solve”
When people are thinking about working in the cybersecurity profession, they often think in terms of the kind of job they want to do. About a year ago, Daniel Miessler blogged that it is more useful to base your career around Problems to Solve (PTS), and I agree. Like the parable of the three bricklayers, having a way of framing the work we do in cybersecurity so that it’s clear what purpose we are serving is important.
Cybersecurity has Problems. Lots of them. Some of them are decades old. So I’ve been thinking about what framing our work as PTS looks like in practice, and what this means for people looking to begin or advance their career, and the organizations in which they work.
What Does “Problem to Solve” Even Mean?
Whether a person is a first-time cybersecurity job seeker, or a multi-year cybersecurity professional, I’ve always recommended that people consider their “why” — why security? why now? why this company? why this role? These are big, deep, questions, and worth thinking about as a person moves along their career path. It helps frame your reason for working in cybersecurity, and sustains you when the going gets tough.
