Richard Valle ⋅ Edwards, CA AFTC - Range System Engineer/ACTFAST Technical PM ⋅ 30 years experience

Apply to entry level positions JT4.com at Edwards, Ridgecrest, Fort Irwin or Nellis AFB to get your foot in the door while continuing your education. These are remote work place.

Continue with your computer security plus credentials, certificates toward an associates degree. Complete courses at EDx
https://www.edx.org/learn/cybersecurity and get a certificate at Coursera or EDX

https://www.coursera.org/specializations/palo-alto-networks-cybersecurity

More courses
https://www.coursera.org/courses?query=cybersecurity

https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Jt4

Victoria Heck ⋅ Ashburn, VA Deloitte ⋅ 9 years experience

A great resource to Veterans is on LinkedIn called; Veteran Mentor Network. If you join that group, you can also ask the question there. There are 136k people in the group. Here's the link: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/4466143/

Jonathan Lo ⋅ Emeryville, CA Keating Consulting Group ⋅ 3 years experience

Hi Gregory,

I would check out what Facebook is offering and see if its a good fit for you.

https://fbcodepath.splashthat.com/

Also, Palo Alto Networks offers some training in the field.

https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/about-us/veterans
https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/Veteran-Training-Initiative/ct-p/Veterans_Network

Best,

Jonathan

ACP AdvisorNet Staff ⋅ New York, NY ⋅ 10 years experience

Hi Gregory,

I would suggest looking at this article by Comparitech about finding your first job in cybersecurity (linked below). It highlights common cybersecurity jobs, how to get into the industry, possible scholarships for further cyber education, and networking within the industry.

https://www.comparitech.com/blog/information-security/graduate-job-cyber-security-job-guide/

Best of luck!

ACP Staff

June R Massoud ⋅ Burlington, VT School Boards/Teaching, Tutoring Business and Technical Business ⋅ 25 years experience

Join IEEE or ACM (you get an Associate's Membership for which you pay) and most definitely join Linkedin (which is a free website).

Gerald Mannikarote ⋅ Houston, TX dMann Training Technologies ⋅ 20 years experience

Hi Gregory,
I'm not the best in the Cyber industry, but I can say finding jobs is similar in most industries. You need to meet people.
I would suggest finding a local Toastmasters, Chambers group, Cyber group, etc and join as many as you can. Meet people and try to help them. You will eventually find the right person and they may be able to connect you to the right opportunity.
I hope this helps.
Warm regards,
Jerry