Experience, Skills, and Personality Traits
Most employers prefer to hire candidates who already have at least two to three years of experience in the security field or one related to it. For example, if the company is looking for a database security specialist, it may consider a candidate who worked as a database administrator for two to three years. Many analysts have experience as a network or systems administrator.
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