Journal #1

Assignment:

Review the NICE Workforce Framework. Are there certain areas that you would want to focus your career on? Explain which areas would appeal the most to you and which would appeal the least.

Source:

Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework) | NICCS (cisa.gov)

Answer:

The areas which are the most appealing to me are Software Development and Cyber Operations.

Software Development appeals to me because I like developing code and that is the main job of this area. I presume that you would also need to perform penetration tests in order to see if the code you have written works as intended.

Source: https://www.pexels.com/search/software%20development/

Cyber Operations is also an appealing area to me because through all of the research you need to do you can see what kind of dangers and dangerous people are lurking in our world. You also need to protect against espionage and real-time threats which sounds very interesting.

The least interesting areas to me are Training, Education, and Awareness and Costumer Service and Technical Support.

Source: https://www.zendesk.de/blog/important-customer-service-skills/

Training, Education, and Awareness and Costumer Service and Technical Support are not as appealing to me as the two Areas mentioned above because I do no like being a teacher. I cannot explain things very well and I know this because usually when I try to explain something to someone they do not really understand what I am trying to say. This makes me think I would not be a great fit for any of these two positions, making me want to stay away from them.