Start Your Cybersecurity Journey

Sep 20, 2024 1 min read

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I work with a skilled team at Bytium, where most members are OSCP and OSCE3 certified, and we always strive to learn new methods as they evolve. From my practical experience, I can say that no single training can make someone a cybersecurity expert. It is a long journey! However, there obviously should be a starting path, right?

If you are ever looking to start with Cybersecurity and don’t know where to start:

Be a good admin

  • Learn to control Linux from the terminal and get used to bash scripting.
  • Learn Windows commands and Windows internals.
  • Learn networking basics.

Love the programming

  • For automation: Python, Bash, Powershell
  • To understand web exploitation: PHP and SQL
  • Payload development: C/C++, C#, Go, Assembly

Professional Training

  • Security+ for general cybersecurity knowledge
  • OSCP, OSEP, and CRTO to develop a hacker mindset and learn offensive methods.
  • OSDA for blue teaming basic.

Lab

  • HackTheBox
  • TryHackMe

What’s next

  • Practice, practice, and practice.
  • Work in real-world projects.
  • Find new vulnerabilities in exploit-db and build your own exploit based on the PoC.
  • Learn advanced AD attacking/defending methods

Need a helping hand? you might contact me!

Jobyer Ahmed
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Jobyer Ahmed
Founder and Cybersecurity Professional
Jobyer Ahmed is the founder and cybersecurity professional at Bytium LLC. He works across offensive and defensive security, including penetration testing, red-team operations, and vulnerability management, with a focus on practical and audit-ready security improvements.