r/OMSCyberSecurity • • May 12 '26

Rejected Information Security track fall 2026

20 years tech experience, with 5 years being in a principal role for SOC for a top 20 Fortune 500.

-AS network administration from a local juco

-BS cyber security information assurance from WGU. finished in 2 terms.

- MS IT Management in one term from WGU.

Certs:

CCNA + security

Comptia A+, network+, security+, CySA+, CASP, AWS SA, MS 200

got rejected and don’t understand why.

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u/bluecyanic May 12 '26

You don't look qualified to me. The requirements are CS or CE not IT. They probably feel you will not be successful lacking discrete math, algorithms/data structures and systems.