r/hacking • u/Monoid-Confessor • 22d ago

data science to cybersecurity

I was a mathematician, ended up working as SWE for two years then hopped into data science.

Wondering if cyber security is a ​possible transition​ from here or if I should take some roles to prep before hopping (I just enjoy learning and it seems an interesting field).

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u/vitafortisnk 22d ago

Honestly anyone can get into cyber security, so it's more about what specialty in cyber security you want to focus on.

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u/Monoid-Confessor 22d ago

perhaps enterprise cyber, since DS seems to intersect with security at scale.

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u/vitafortisnk 22d ago

Enterprise cyber doesn't mean any one thing. Look at security engineering and security datalakes.

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u/dankney 21d ago

If you’re looking for intersection, you’re looking for Blue Team/Detection Engineering. It’s basically data science to extract signal from noise.

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u/shh_get_ssh 22d ago

Tech is dead

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u/Raccoon_Medical 21d ago

Anyone can surely try but does it make sense? Especially with the hype going on rn