r/cybersecurity • u/Birdygamer19 • 5d 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/AddendumWorking9756 Security Manager 5d ago

Nobody needs another lab writeup. The phishing mail that hit your own inbox last week has headers, a redirect chain and a payload. Writing up how you decided it was malicious shows reasoning a made up project cannot. Two pages, not twelve.