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Hi,
I recently applied for a cyber-security apprenticeship. The details about what I was gonna be doing were kinda scarce, to be expected, will prob learn more soon.
My main question that I wanna ask though is this-- how much programming is involved in general 'cyber-security'? Again, it was vague, and I'd imagine that it's a multidisciplinary/many sub-roles.
Would just like an idea what I'm getting into, really. From reading about, your typical role is to act as a 'gate keeper' more than anything. Would that be correct?
Cheers.
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Depends.
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Most cybersecurity these days, even at a higher level, is mainly administrative. Meaning that the job is more protecting yourself from your own employees than from actual attacks. So more time is spent in user training, writing policies, etc., than actual in-depth technological defenses.
That being said, I would guess not much. Pentesters usually use pre-defined tools that do most of the job without much coding needed. However, an apprenticeship may have you hopping into the more in-depth, programming side of things. Ultimately I would reference the job description. The more it mentions a need for programming experience and/or mentioning specific languages outright, the more likely you are to do it in the job.
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Most cyber security involves just setting up firewalls and permissions and such, no programming required
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