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1. HOW TO GET
INTO INFOSEC
By: {Shreya Pohekar}

2. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
4th year Undergrad of UIT,RGPV
Chapter Leader at Null Bhopal
Chapter leader at Infosec Girls
(www.shreyapohekar.com)
FOLLOW ME
on Twitter @shreyapohekar
SHREYA
POHEKAR

3. Have a presence
2 3 4 5 621
Why Information
security
Pre - requisites ?
What topics to
dig on
building your lab
Contributions
and networking
Dos and Donts
INDEX
A brief about what will be covered

4. WHY
INFOSEC??? If you like breaking into things, infosec is a field for you!
LOVE BREAKING INTO
THINGS?
With digitalization, security remains a top-most concern to all
the enterprises.
INDUSTRY REQUIREMENT
Cyber security is ranked 5th in the trending technologies to
explore.
LISTED IN TRENDING
TECHNOLOGIES

5. Pre-
Requisites...
What fields to dig upon
TCP/IP/switching/routing/protocols,etc
NETWORKING
Windows/Linux/Active
Directory/hardening,etc
SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION
programming concepts/scripting/object
orientation basics
PROGRAMMING

6. Few options for lab setup
Virtual box
Vmware
Building a lab

7. Build a public
profile
Having an online presence helps people to know more
about you. You build up a lot of connections

8. Do opensource
Contributions
"Contributions show that you can actually
apply knowledge, as opposed to just
collecting it."
Improve coding skills
Gain early experience
Increase community and peer recognition
Greater job prospects
Improve software on a user and business level
BENEFITS???

9. NETWORKING
WELL, THATS A REALLY IMPORTANT
PART!!
Be it clearing doubts or lending to a job, networking plays
a major role.

10. Apart from
Infosec.....
What else???
07
Presentation
making Skills
To work in
collaboration
Communication
skills
The best
opportunity to
overcome stage fear

11. Looking for
Resources??

12. PLATFORMS AVAILABLE TO PRACTICE YOUR
SKILLS
Hackthebox
Cybrary
Pentester
Academy
OvertheWire
SANS/ Offensive
Security
VulnHub

13. WHAT TO FOLLOW
Connecting The Information Security
Community
Dark Reading
A platform for security news
CSO online
Latest cyber security news.
The Hacker News
It has a very active infosec community with
mountain of information.
Twitter
A platform that has an active infosec crowd
Reddit
A lot of your queries may be answered
here
Discord

14. Github
Student
Pack
A kit worth 1000$, free for students

15. Bug bounty
hunting
Key to getting RICH!!!!

16. Certifications
ShouldIreallyoptforit????

17. Whats in there
for women?
Industries are looking for
diversifying their workforce.
Lots of sponsorships are given
to promote girls into infosec
(WIA, Wosec,

18. References
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/build-successful-infosec-
career/#gs.DtVCbbw
https://clearcode.cc/blog/why-developers-contribute-open-
source-software/
https://www.comparitech.com/blog/information-
security/women-cybersecurity-initiatives/