Computer science

​BOD or bring your own device to work had eased employees work with computing equipment, however at the same time it had increased chances of malicious activity. Home computers may not have same strict level of information security as a company may have, and computing equipment may get infected with malware at home, therefore when it is connected to work network may represent a danger.

​For a security engineer it important to understand threat types that can cause digital harm. The threats are: Malware - malicious software that can impact a computer operation. Malware is available in different types. Ransomware - this is a malicious type of software that makes certain functionality of computers software not available until the payment is made. Be aware that making a payment does not guarantee that software functionality will be restored. Denial of service - the Internet resource can be bombarded or flooded with requests that makes that resource not available for legitimate users. DDOS is abbreviation of Distributed Denial of Service, this is DOS attack that is performed by multiple clients. Spam - email messages that takes a user that clicks on the links in such a message to sites that are harmful to a user. Anti spam filters is a good protection from spam messages. Gmail for example uses spam detection technology for all incoming emails. Most of spam emails end-up i...

​Day-to-day tasks of a security engineer may include the following: - perform security assessment  - making solutions to patch security vulnerabilities  - research cyber criminals that can exploit your business. If it is an interest to you, then it is likely a job for you.

​Attention to details is an important and an essential characteristic of a security engineer. Without it, it is easy to miss a configuration change that may lead to a security breach.

​Some professions change slowly, however it is not the case with IT security jobs. It could be a bad thing for some people and a good thing for others. Continuous learning is needed in this field. New exploits are found frequently, and a person doing IT security jobs needs to learn continuously. It means reading Internet articles, vendors notifications, attending meetings and seminars.

​Security engineers such as cybersecurity analyst, cybersecurity and security engineers are in demand now. If you are interested in this career field then it is an exciting career choice. Pay is good too.