Network Engineering is better than Cybersecurity

30 thoughts on “Network Engineering is better than Cybersecurity”

• Ive been studying for the ccna for 3 months. I appreciate these videos. Great info from someone far ahead in the journey than myself.

• Fact

• Then Cloud came. ☁

• I pivoted from Network Engineering to CyberSecurity to work on more interesting stuff like Palo Alto firewalls, Zscaler, Network Detection & Response and Automation with XSOAR. I work for large Fortune 10 where firewalls, IDS, Proxy and other Network Security products are not a Network Engineers responsibility. More fun in Security with a Networking knowledge though I don't miss routing & switching.

• Security engineer here!

  I would say having great networking knowledge/working as a Network engineer may help getting into penetration testing/ethical hacking and SOC roles but can't say the same about Cyber security engineering.
  As a Cyber Security engineer, only about 20% of my work is done Networking related (Firewalls and VPNs) as we dont manage our networking – the remaining work goes into email security, vulnerability assessment & management, Cloud security, endpoint security, Access controls, MDM, EDR, Penetration testing, Back ups, incident management, Physical security (as crazy as it sounds), business continuity planning, cryptography and encryption, conducting Cybersecurity awareness and trainings, recommending security products and tools, Implementing security frameworks (ISO 27001,CIS, NIST, PCI DSS, etc) and much more which I've never needed networking for but do require a good grasp on Compliancy requirements and Data protection guidelines.

  The main focus of Cyber Security is to protect Data and adhering to laws in the respective regions for PII and sensitive data (HIPAA, GDPR, PCI DSS, etc).

  However, some of the initial jobs to get into Cyber Security Engineering from my experience are IT Support, Infrastructure Engineers, Developers, Sys Admins. Networking is great to have but is not enough. I know Network engineers with years of experience that are brilliant at what they do but don't understand much about Cyber Security as a whole.

  Also I've never needed to use Kali Linux at my current job (I do at my freelancing gig tho for testing purposes) so don't think you Network engineers can get in Cyber security just by learning a few lines in (Kali) Linux 😉

• Network Pacquiao 🥊 👊🏽

• I love network engineering.

• I took the exam and most of the questions just need a lots of reading.

• i do not like Network engineering. Cybersecurity is way better! I used to have CCNA and worked as Network support Specialist, that is when I decided to go to Cybersecurity.

• I attended this college that was promoting the so-called well respected ISC2… I dropped out as I got bored. I don't trust teachers anymore. They are carrot danglers

• Haha, thanks! Your videos are awesome, you stay authentic. I'm actually taking the LetsDefend SOC Analyst course right now. Once I finish that, I'm gonna dive into all their networking stuff – Wireshark, network behavior, the whole shebang. Networking fundamentals are key!

• We’re at the stage where the job of the network engineer is going to be obsolete. It’s going to end up being more about developing scripts to automate processes

• Only reason I'm not chasing network engineering is because I don't see the demand in job postings, and every other tech role is already fucked in this job market right now.

• 👤 CyberSec here. A network engineer will never be able to stop, detect, or circumvent social engineering attacks. The term “Better” is probably not the right word to use. Networking skills are crucial to any tech discipline, but it doesn’t overrule or out-do all the others.

  Besides, most networking guys are not people-oriented, which is a major strength CyberSec folks hone over time.

  Sorry, but this argument only works on novices…

• Security engineer here, I never actually worked in a networking position directly but worked with other network engineers closely. I do have my ccna though and I would say that has helped and prepared me for my current role as a security engineer.

• What pays more??

• What is there to secure if there is no network?! 🤷🏻

• My opinion on this subject is: You can not become Great Cyber Security Engineer in Networking Field without strong fundamentals in areas of networking and how basic services are working.
  I have met during my career many Cyber Security Professionals, some of them having 30+ years of experience, who claims that fundamentals are always crucial, in pentest, security and network engineering and also it will be a valid knowledge in monitoring, vulnerability assessment. I can not imagine how Cisco PSIRT team is mitigating advanced issues in their Cisco products without having good knowledge how network protocols are working in details, especially having in mind that Cisco is networking company, which created first router for enterprise networking. So definitely yes, network knowledge is a key in life of IT/ICT engineers and Cyber Security Professionals !

• I agree with you, but when it comes to setting salaries, companies do not have the same opinion

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• people must get CCNA first before get cybersecurity certification, its fundamental

• Factsss Networking is the backbone wether you like it or not and you can jump into any IT field with it!

• damn never knew fez from that 70s show was so knowledgable when it comes to cyber

• FACTS!!

• Im moving from networking into security and hoping i still get to keep my hands on all the networking equipment

• I so agree with you on everything but especially when getting into cyber without knowledge of networking, these two go together , and I want to add programming is also crucial

• Im currently a network engineer and get to work on a lot of fortinet ngfws. I completely agree with you on this video, it seems like with all of the added functionality of firewalls anymore, that this position can really prime you for a cyber / offensive security job.

• True talk

• 🎯 Decided to take a pause on cyber certs and go for the CCNA. Will sit for the exam in a few weeks. Looking back am confident it was the right move. Have learned a ton and gained a genuine / growing interest for networking. Enjoy the videos Dean. A+ as always

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