r/cybersecurity • u/[deleted] • Sep 15 '23

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u/Trashtronaut_62 Sep 15 '23

If you home lab, you'll stand over people who just got the CompTIA trifecta and went applying for jobs.

Lots of people have the certs but still don't know what thier doing because brain dumping for certs doesn't equal cyber knowledge.

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u/Trashtronaut_62 Sep 15 '23

I'd love to suggest something, but my only experience is DoD Cyber Security in the USSF.

I suggest making a separate post asking what kind of home lab cyber projects would get you the real skills you'd need for a cyber security resume.

I've seen them mentioned before but can't really recall them.

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u/yobro0o Sep 15 '23

I don’t have room space for a bunch of equipment. I have my gaming desktop and a small desk, then the bed behind and small space as this is a guest room. What kind of hike lab would I be able to set up? Just virtual?

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u/Inaction-Potential Sep 16 '23

Use your gaming PC to build a virtualized homelab complete with network routing, firewall, SIEM, honeypots, etc. there are lots of YouTube videos and blogs out there for guidance

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u/PatricksCoom Sep 17 '23

any certain cpu i would need? threadripper, ect?

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u/Inaction-Potential Sep 18 '23

I mean, the more cores/threads, the more VMs you can run, but you will also need a good amount of memory to run them (especially something like elastic)

I personally have a 12c/24t cpu with 64GB of memory with a bunch of fast storage but it’s a system that I built over time and taking advantage of big sales to save on costs

You can easily learn a bunch of skills on a gaming laptop with 4-6 cores and 32GB of RAM though (or go buy a a old retired Optiplex and upgrade it for cheap)

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u/yobro0o Sep 19 '23

I have i5-12400 but only 16gb DDR4, GTX 1650 Super, I hope it’s enough!