Journal Entry: Pathway to a Career in Digital Forensics

Davin Teo’s background as an accountant has likely helped him in his digital forensics career. His accounting experience gives him an advantage when working with financial institutions, as he has a better idea of what to look for than someone with no background in finance. His description of being “put into” digital forensics work seems a common experience among older professionals in digital forensics and other cybersecurity-related fields. The lack of formal education programs in these fields enabled IT hobbyists like Teo to fall into digital forensics and other cybersecurity-related fields. In addition, his willingness to jump into digital forensics without knowing much about it catapulted him into the career. 

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