Career Case Study: Cyber Security Professional
The role:
Imagine being asked to investigate a potential cyber attack. Your job could involve examining systems and devices, identifying vulnerabilities, recovering digital evidence and helping an organisation understand what happened and how to prevent it happening again. One example is a Forensic Computer Analyst, a cyber security professional who examines digital devices to recover and investigate files and data.
Typical salary:
£30,000 starting → £65,000 experienced for a forensic computer analyst.
Your journey could look like:
BOA Digital → Digital Support & Security/Computer Science → Cyber Security degree or apprenticeship → Cyber Security Technician/Analyst → Cyber Security Specialist
Our proposed Digital Support and Security T Level could provide a particularly relevant technical route, while Computer Science and Mathematics can provide strong academic foundations. Potential specialisms extend across security analysis, penetration testing, digital forensics, cyber intelligence and network security.
Could this be you:
If you like finding weaknesses, solving puzzles, understanding how systems work and spotting things other people miss, cyber security could turn those strengths into a career.