IT Security Career Change Mid-Career?

[bjcheung77]

I highly advise you to find an INFOSEC forum or two and post your question there. Do not take advice from folks who have no experience in the industry. Consider the occupation of folks before giving their opinions equal weight. In this case, TrailRunr's advice is probably best.

FWIW, I'd be very curious what type of company would hire someone as a mid-level security engineer with no previous infosec experience. For a position like this, you do need technical chops, not just general managerial experience.

Holy poo poo, I agree with you there, not many people will hire a mid level security engineer with no prior experience. And that leads to my point, I don't think any IT Managers actually know what they are doing as many of the ones I come across are all business minded, the IT side are handled by the underlings. Infosec may be different, but from Directors, VP, upward, I have never come across anyone with a degree or competency level to even reach a junior techie position.

Further to TrailRunr's comments, I don't think he's in the "heart" of IT, as many of his replies to the other forum members are in regards to hiring practices. Such as what is looked at more in regards to Certs as a way of getting into the IT field. That leaves me to believe he's in a high level IT position but more on the HR admin role.