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Practical Threat Detection Engineering
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Practical Threat Detection Engineering

by Megan Roddie, Jason Deyalsingh, Gary J. Katz
July 2023
Intermediate to advanced
328 pages
9h 10m
English
Packt Publishing
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Career Guidance for Detection Engineers

As this book comes to a close, if you’re not yet working as a detection engineer, you may be interested in pursuing such a job. This chapter will aim to help answer some questions you may have and provide some guidance to assist in getting your first detection engineering position.

The chapter will cover the following main topics:

  • Getting a job in detection engineering
  • Detection engineering as a job
  • The future of detection engineering
  • Getting involved

The first section is focused on what to look for in job postings, training and certification opportunities, and further ways to develop your detection engineering skills. We’ll then discuss what a day in the life of a detection engineer looks like in ...

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ISBN: 9781801076715