Get involved! Hacking your local community and skyrocket your security career | by Dark
Source: YouTube · Hack The Box · published Mar 21, 2023 · 27:01
The presentation focuses on overcoming barriers to entry in local cybersecurity communities and the importance of getting involved 0:30.
Key Takeaways:
• Finding local cybersecurity professionals is challenging due to their often "anti-social" nature and lack of visibility 1:00, which creates barriers for newcomers seeking mentorship and resources 3:46
• Multiple platforms can help locate communities: Meetup.com, Facebook, Twitter, DEFCON groups, libraries, Reddit, and Eventbrite 3:46-7:24
• Consider non-obvious communities like AWS groups, coding meetups, defensive security groups, and maker spaces where cybersecurity professionals often gather 7:25
• Starting your own meetup requires enthusiasm, consistency, and sustainability, but offers significant leadership opportunities 10:59-14:57
• Meetups provide career growth through leadership demonstrations, skill showcases, networking, and access to job opportunities 18:21
Getting involved in local communities provides essential networking, mentorship, and career advancement opportunities in cybersecurity 24:41.
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hey everyone and welcome to cyber apocalypse 2023 if you just tuned in for the stream thank you so much for being here I am dark I am part of the just amazing Community team here at hack the box and I'm so excited to show you my presentation for this year's cyber apocalypse uh that being said we're gonna go ahead and Dive Right In my presentation is get involved hacking your local community uh we're going to talk about the various ways that you can get involved find different people and actually get your foot in the door in your local community that being said let's go ahead and Dive Right In the problem how do we actually get involved getting involved in finding actual people in your local area uh is one of the biggest problems that a lot of newer members of the community come to me with …