Whilst studying for the CompTIA Security+ exam over the summer, it dawned on me that cybersecurity as a whole is a broad field. The discipline covers a multitude of subjects from law, networking, administration, and ethical hacking. The NICE framework, developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, covers a wide variety of cybersecurity domains, all with respective job positions and descriptions. While reading through the framework, there were a few jobs that piqued my interest, many of which resided in the “blue team”, or defense aspect of cyber security. Within the ‘Protect and Defend’ and ‘Securely Provision’ categories, I was fascinated by Cyber Defense Infrastructure Support, Incident Response, and Systems Architecture. Both Cyber Defense Infrastructure and Systems Architecture involve the building/management of networks, be it on-premises or cloud-based. I’ve always liked building things and have previously tinkered with tools like the Cisco packet tracer. I feel like the physical/logical aspect of creating networks would be a fun and multidimensional challenge. Incident response is another job that I would enjoy. Though my understanding may be rather novice, I believe that Incident response can be best described as the ‘fire fighters’ of cybersecurity. Being able to not only respond to disasters or breaches, recovering data or saving systems, but also having the ability to apply preventative measures to devices and networks under their purview to prevent potential attacks. There is one area, however, I feel I would not like to pursue. Under the domain ‘Oversee and govern’, I read through the ‘Legal Advice and Advocacy’ title and felt like I wouldn’t be suited for the role. Cyber legal advisors seem to be very far removed from the computer terminal or physical network side of cybersecurity. Nothing wrong with this, as they provide essential resources to companies and governmental organizations and agencies, but for me personally, I prefer to be hands-on and work with physical hardware and networking tools. The NICE framework delves into a diverse range of potential cybersecurity jobs, all having unique requirements and job descriptions.