Navigating Your Cybersecurity Career Map
Presented by ACS NSW EPC. This session will unpack the diverse areas of cybersecurity, the career pathways available, and the skills and capabilities that can help you build a strong foundation for success. Whether you're starting out or exploring your next move, gain a clearer view of where your skills could take you in the cybersecurity profession.
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Non-Member $20.00
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About this event
Cybersecurity isn't just one job. It's a massive, diverse ecosystem of specialisations. But when you are trying to break into the industry, figuring out which path to take (and how to actually get there) can feel overwhelming.
Join the ACS NSW Emerging Professionals Committee on 22 October for an interactive evening designed to demystify the cybersecurity landscape and connect you directly with industry experts. We will kick off by mapping out the diverse pathways within the industry, before splitting into rapid-fire breakout rooms focused on specific cyber domains.
Who should attend? Whether you are studying, recently graduated, or looking to pivot your career, this event will give you the clarity you need to take your next step. It is equally valuable for professionals in adjacent IT roles who are curious about where cybersecurity could take them.
The breakout rooms (attendees rotate through three sessions): Governance & Risk Assessments, Security Operations, Security Architecture, and Threat Intelligence, each led by a practitioner working in that domain.
Why attend:
- Market entry: how to successfully tap into a specific cybersecurity domain
- Prerequisite skills: the real-world skills and platforms you need to land your first role
- Certifications: which ones actually matter, and when to invest in them
- The roadmap: practical advice on navigating from an entry-level position to your dream role
Agenda:
- 5:30pm - Doors open, registration and pre-event networking
- 6:00pm - Welcome and introduction to the ACS EPC
- 6:05pm – Cybersecurity Panel Discussion
- 6:30pm - Expert breakout rooms for individual Q&A (3 x 10-minute rotations)
- 7:10pm - Formal conclusion and closing remarks
- 7:15pm - Open networking
- 7:45pm - Event concludes
ACS NSW Emerging Professional Committee (EPC) delivers dedicated events for you – offering interactive advice and insights from expert keynote speakers and professional mentors - where you can ask questions, network, and build out your professional profile and skills to stand out and accelerate your career.
Speakers
Jay Haybatov is the founder of DekkoSecure, the Australian sovereign SaaS company delivering zero-knowledge, end-to-end encrypted security to law enforcement, government, defence primes and regulated enterprise. Its platforms, DekkoDEMS for digital evidence management and DekkoCORE for secure document collaboration, are built on explicit sharing: data is only accessible to the people it has been shared with, and DekkoSecure as the vendor and all other parties cannot access client data.
Jay has worked in software engineering and architecture for over 20 years, most recently as Principal Architect at NTT. His focus is on end-to-end encryption and zero-knowledge design, and he argues that security should protect the data itself, and not just the network around it. He holds a Master's degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from Baku State University.
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