Aight thanks fam. I'll just smash the 4PM-12 slots. I'm always up mad late anyway. GNS3 and VMWare just ain't working for me man. I can't get the virtual networks to play nice so I'm gonna have to definitely go the virtual lab route. I'll just put money aside every moth for lab time. All I know is as soon as I get that written out the way it's a wrap.
Security salaries can range widely depending on your certs, market, and where in security you want to do be in. I've come across positions as low as 60k and seen positions all the way up to 200k. CISSP is pretty much a must, every security position wants you to have it. I interviewed for 2 positions today. One paying 95k, and the other paying 150k.
The 95k one is Cisco VPN/Firewall and Checkpoint VPN/Firewall
The 150k one is LDAP, some scripting/coding, and application/server security
Security has multiple facets.
Network security - vpn's, firewalls, routers, switches, wlan, ids/ips
Information security - identity and access management, cryptography, dlp, device encryption
Penetration testing - network, web application, servers
Forensics
Risk management
If you're willing to travel, you can make mad paper. But you better bet at the top of your game. At that level you have to be the SME at whatever organization hires you. When shit goes wrong, you the nigga that gotta fix it.
