Hi everyone. I’m a 22 guy who wants to learn cybersecurity on my own. I feel overwhelmed when I search for resources or tutorials because i dont know where to start. The good thing is that I’m aware that learning cybersecurity is not a linear path neither has an ending.
I dont have any direction or fundamentals. Thats why I joined this forum; to find people that I can ask for help and grow with.
The only thing i have as a “starting point“ to learn are:
-Linux (how operating systems work in general)
-Network (how information travels)
Thats all I know for now
So, that being said, I wanna ask you guys: How (and where) can I start?
As a specialist and a researcher, I prefer studying relevant topics in depth and my recommendations are biased towards those outcomes. My recommendation for a beginner would be to start off learning foundational computer science like programming, networking, computer architecture, cryptography basics. Once you are familiar with those things, you can start to look into cybersecurity topics. Explore around until you find a maximum of two or three topics that you enjoy and then dig further into those. Resources are abundant online, you should find everything you need.
If you find it too boring to start with foundations, you can do a top-down approach where you first find which cybersecurity topics interest you the most and then recursively figure out what you need to learn so you can understand what’s happening. You might find yourself completely out of your depth and have no idea what you are doing or looking at but that’s to be expected. Cybersecurity is not an entry-level topic.
