InfoSec Certs

Hey c/Cybersecurity!

Just looking for some advice on what certifications are worth getting?

I am wanting to steer my career into ICS Incident Response and was wondering what Entry level certs are worth it? I want to get my SANS FOR-508 (GCFA) and SANS ICS-515 (GRID) certifications, however due to the expense of these I am looking to hopefully do some cheaper ones first until I can get the company I work for to pay for them.

I was considering perhaps CompTIA Security+ and CompTIA CySA+ but I don't know if the time spent towards them could be better invested in another course such as CISSP.

I am Based in Australia and have a Bachelor of Computer Science, and a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering. I have also been working as a Process Control Systems engineer for about 3 years since finishing uni if this helps gives some more context.

Any career advice or recommendations is highly appreciated, I am kind of overwhelmed by all of the options. Also keen to do some more non-certified courses to increase my knowledge, I have been working through a few from Chris Sanders' recently and want to do more from him.

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throw4w4y5@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)
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DemSpud@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 3y

This is great information thank you!

spacedancer@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (2 replies)
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DemSpud@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Hey thankyou for taking the time to reply. Do you think a Security+ cert is worth it with my degrees or should I focus on something different? It sounds arrogant but I have been going through some of the practice exams and they seem pretty basic

spacedancer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
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