r/SecurityCareerAdvice • u/connect_prateek • 17h ago

Cybersecurity with cloud career

Hello everyone,
I am 35 years old recently immigrated to Canada and looking to make career in cybersecurity. Some people say that you cannot get an entry level job without a canadian education from a reputed university. On the other hand some people say that with good certifications, that is possible.
Can someone guide me through?
Also, please let me know the gold standard certifications which can help me start a career in cybersecurity with cloud security from scratch?
And, youtube channels from which I can learn the concepts from a basic level.

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u/my_peen_is_clean 17h ago

im in canada too. certs + lab projects + networking matter more than a fancy degree. start with comptia network+ and sec+, then az-900 or aws cloud practitioner. build a homelab, document it on github, hit local meetups. even then, getting that first job now is insanely hard

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u/connect_prateek 9h ago

Can all these certs be completed in 6 months?
I mean these 3 certifications.

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u/AddendumWorking9756 9h ago

Canadian degree isn't the gatekeeper here, certs plus proof you can actually do the work gets people in, and for cloud just get hands-on early since CyberDefenders has free labs and a few cover cloud which most beginner stuff skips.