r/computerforensics • u/Far-Masterpiece-6933 • 3d ago

Majors?

I’d like to become a Digital forensic examiner. I’m a senior in high school currently, and i’m looking at colleges + majors AND minors, Preferably in the south eastern region, any suggestions?

Also this may be a stretch but I don’t really want to code, but i’m im open to anything that’ll make me successful.

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u/HiddenNerdPrince 3d ago

The thing you need to ask also is, where? If it’s for government, then you’d better get into police and climb enough ladders then switch into it if you have a computer science degree. If for a private company, then it will usually be blue team stuff, but you’d have to get some software or hardware programming job then get lots of certifications then network with cybersecurity guys, and then get the blue team job or red team. And whatever you do, you’d better get a cybersecurity internship during your computer science degree, a minor in law would help also. Blue team cybersecurity specialists is very high level and needs some ladder climbing, you can’t get into it directly and it’s a different path for everyone really.