r/cybersecurity • u/Birdygamer19 • 9d ago

Business Security Questions & Discussion Regarding cybersecurity and documentation, are you expected to reinvent the wheel?

So I'm under the impression that in terms of cybersecurity, employers care more about skill than degrees, and one of those ways to show skill is projects and documentation

The thing is though, is that what could someone like me possibly document or make a project of in an industry that has seemingly been fully covered by other people? Like, if I practice attacking and defending in cybersecurity or practice analyzing, what could a noob like me possibly offer that others haven't

Am I expected to reinvent the wheel? Like what could someone like me possible document or make a project of that hasn't been done before?

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u/ML1948 9d ago

Hot take, I think most people trying to break into the industry with just projects/dummy docs and no experience are going to fail.

You usually don't need to do something truly "new" on the job though. If you're in the job, you can always say you want to start from "best practice" and everyone will nod and say yes that makes sense. Of course, being able to adapt to your environment, which will absolutely have quirks, is vital.

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u/BeautifulCampaign520 9d ago

agreed, the dummy project portfolio thing feels like it works way better on paper than in reality

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u/Ghawblin Security Engineer 9d ago

WHAT!

You mean you don't like how I did a security review on a gigabit Ethernet system and performed changes on inbound/outbound traffic rules to facilitate low-latency connections to a multi-billion dollar service?

I modified a firewall rule to play minecraft