The “Tool Collector” Trap That’s Costing You Cybersecurity Interviews
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Summary
Many cybersecurity job applicants make the mistake of listing as many tools as they can on their resume, thinking that breadth of knowledge is what is required to secure a role.
However, it is much more important to illustrate the impact you have had on improving cybersecurity within the organisations you have previously worked for.
This can be done by highlighting details of audits completed, issues found and resolved, and any security improvements that were implemented and what their impact was on the company.
This information much more clearly illustrates the applicant’s understanding of security issues, and the level of importance they bring to resolving these issues, than just a list of tools that have been used.