Career roadmap: cyber security engineer

 

As demand for highly skilled cyber security professionals increases, we talk to Anna Zapata, cyber security engineer at communications services provider AT&T to find out what it takes to become a cyber security engineer.

These days virtually any skills and titles related to cyber security are in high demand. Organizations are scrambling to keep up with the latest threats and vulnerabilities and deploy new tools and services to protect their data resources, and in many cases they lack the necessary expertise to do the job.

The work-from-home model that has resulted from the pandemic has made security even more of a concern for many IT and business leaders. All of a sudden a large part of the workforce began accessing corporate networks and data from remote locations, in many cases using devices and networks that might not be secure.

One of the key positions on the cyber security team is security engineer. These professionals help design systems and infrastructures that protect all the assets within the IT environment, including those located away from headquarters.