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Which cybersecurity work would you enjoy?
A survey about what draws you and what you would enjoy deciding. At the end you see the roles whose work lines up with what you enjoy, in plain language, with no score.
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- Stop anytime. Your answers are saved. Come back and pick up where you left off, or answer again later.
- Private by default. Your answers are private, stored only so you can come back, and never affect any assessment or result.
Early version, still being tested. Use it to choose which role to measure next. It does not measure you, and it does not recommend a role.
What you get
A plain-language summary of the kinds of work that draw you, the ones you enjoyed in the situations, where the two agree, and the roles whose work lines up with your answers. No score and no ranking. Use it to choose what to explore or measure next.
Illustrative example, not a real result
What you told us draws you
- Generalist
- Defend
How you responded to a small sample of the work
- Defend
Where the two agree
- Defend
Roles whose own work your answers support.
- Detection Engineer Your answers support 3 of the 3 kinds of work owned by the Detection Engineer role: monitoring networks and investigating suspicious activity, studying attackers and searching for signs of them, and finding weaknesses and confirming which ones matter.
Listed in catalog order, not by strength. A role is listed once your answers support at least half of the kinds of work it owns.
- Free
- Two sections
- About 25 minutes
- No right or wrong answers
- English and Spanish
How it works
90 short statements about kinds of cybersecurity work. Say how drawn you are to each one.
Monitoring an organization's networks for signs of intrusion and investigating anything suspicious
- Would avoid
- Not for me
- Neutral
- Interested
- Strongly drawn to it
12 small situations from that work. Choose what you would do, then say whether you would enjoy making that call.
A developer builds a system that stores customer passwords exactly as customers typed them, so support staff can read a password back to anyone who calls in.
What is wrong here, and what should replace it?
Would you enjoy being the person who makes this call?
- Not at all
- Not really
- Not sure
- Yes, somewhat
- Yes, very much
Three lists: what draws you, what you enjoyed in the situations, and where the two agree. Then the roles whose work lines up with them. No score, no ranking.
Why it exists. Many people choose a path in cybersecurity before they know what the work is like day to day. People who enjoy their work tend to stay with it and get good at it, so what draws you is a good place to start.
About 25 minutes, and you can pause anytime.
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