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Top Skills for Aspiring Cybersecurity Professionals

Published on: 20 May 2020

Here is a list of the fundamental cybersecurity skills that are vital to working in the world of cybersecurity;

1. Malware Analysis - An area of expertise which deals with finding out the origin, technical nature, functionality, and impact of a specific piece of malware detected in computer systems.

2. Programming Skills - Learning programming skills is crucial to many jobs. Programming skills in JavaScript, Python, and SQL, etc are considered essential. 

3. Networking - It’s hugely important that security professionals understand the network that a company relies on.

4. Encryption - The process that converts readable text that can only be read by the person who has the secret decryption key. 

5. Threat Modelling - Threat modeling plays an important role in the security policy development process.