When I was starting out, I had a bunch of questions about life in the IT security industry but no-one with real Infosec experience to turn to. I simply didn’t have the connections back then, nor a trusted advisor/mentor. Looking back, the downside was I took some longer paths than necessary in the learn/fail cycle. The upside is that ultimately I learned to do that quite quickly (failing cheaply and quickly is a desirable trait).
What Is Your Question?
If you have a question about some aspect of working as an IT security professional, send it in and I’ll reply right here on the blog. I’ve been in this industry for 10 years and am happy to share my learning/experience. To understand a little about my background, check my about page.
As guidance, the question should be short and to the point with enough context that I can give you a meaningful answer. By context I mean a few sentences about your situation - enough that I can have a good shot at giving you an answer.
My promise to you is that if you send in a reasonable, well thought out question, I *will* post a reply right here on this blog. Plus I’ll leave comments open on the blog post so other readers can chip in and give their perspective. I won’t publish your email address and will scrub any other personal identifiers except your first name.
What’s a good question?
Simple: anything that helps someone else answer their question 
Yeah baby, this is all spreading good karma…
Send your questions to: craig.balding@gmail.com
P.S I’m treating this as a 28 day experiment - I’ll extend the experiment if people find this useful.
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I’m a recent CS graduate, and I feel that my college courses were maybe a little too ‘foundational’. I’m trying to pick a focus to specialize in, and I find forensics, especially malware forensics fascinating. Is specialization a good idea? I have years before I could get a CISSP, are there other sources of good training / certification?
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