Training courses in IT and Computing

[Jaros]

Hi everyone, Maybe i should introduce myself :

I'm a French Student studying in the University of Rouen, in Normandie (France of course) more particullary in the Networking and Telecommunications departement. 

I'm 20 and really passionate by new technologies and want to continue my studies in network security (in a first time), and i'm currenlty writing this because i think you could help me :

To validate my degree, i have to do a 12 weeks training course in a company which is relied with networking (or at least computing) but to have a better résumé and mostly a better experience, i want to do this training course in Canada (Or US). It could help me to improve my english and see how company works in another country. 

But i don't know which company could accept internship, i'm currently searching, and this is why i'm here.

This community seems good (the few posts i've made have received goods answers with pleasant people) i wanted to know if some people could tell me some names i should check, or any other information that could help me !

To make my Visa in a good lapse of time, i've to find a company before december.

Thanks for help

Sincerely,

Blanchard Maxime

 

PS : Please note i have added some links (unfortunately in French) of my University's Website, and the educationnal program of my degree. If you need further information, i'm available at any time.

Email : maxime.blanchard@etu.univ-rouen.fr

[Jaros]

Sorry for this but i see my topic was posted during the night, so i decided to up it !

[SecGuy]

To be honest, the best way to train security is with bootcamps, experience and general knowledge.  Try and get your CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) which is a common requirement for a lot of government employees in the IT security sector.  It is useful to get and can teach you a bit.  

My advice though is to go straight for Cisco certifications while doing bootcamps and labs for training. I would get a MINIMUM of CCNP, and learn not only the Linux Shell but also the Windows shell and progress from there.  You can get your CEH and whatever security certifications but if you want to be good at security then you really need to learn in depth networking, I know you might have studied advanced networking at University, but you never know how much you actually did, and bits and pieces might be missing.  The CCNP certification is good, it's not like the CCNA where it teaches concepts and protocols but also teaches how things actually work. 

Because a security pro needs to have a deep understanding of the appliances they are working with, needs to have a good understanding of the systems on the network, need to have a solid networking knowledge and of course you should really get yourself exposed by attending security conferences. 

 

Attending a conference like OWASP, Blackhat, Defcon etc are all fantastic ways to get exposed to the real security/hacking world and meet new people.  Just becareful, OWASP normally isn't that bad, but Blackhat and Defcon can have some pretty nuts hackers there, so I suggest making sure you are securely setup first. 

 

I know this all might be a big slam in the face in terms of information if you haven't come over to the U.S from France, It would be a good idea but don't get your hopes up.  There is probably just as good of an environment in France too.  Get your CCNP, Get your CEH, Attend one or two security conferences.  And that should give you the exposure you need, and an insight into the security world. 

 

Just so you know, about the internship thing.  I wouldn't look for an internship unless you are sure you are good enough and they are good enough that they will hire you, or you don't have any connections.  If you don't have any connections you should really get onto LinkedIn.  Just don't think that because security is a booming IT sector right now means it will be easy, quite the opposite.  Depending on how good your Uni is you might have only got CCNA level, good for a system admin or a system engineer, but isn't good enough for security or a good networking career at ALL. 

[Jaros]

On 13/10/2016 at 4:50 AM, SecGuy said:

To be honest, the best way to train security is with bootcamps, experience and general knowledge.  Try and get your CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) which is a common requirement for a lot of government employees in the IT security sector.  It is useful to get and can teach you a bit.  

My advice though is to go straight for Cisco certifications while doing bootcamps and labs for training. I would get a MINIMUM of CCNP, and learn not only the Linux Shell but also the Windows shell and progress from there.  You can get your CEH and whatever security certifications but if you want to be good at security then you really need to learn in depth networking, I know you might have studied advanced networking at University, but you never know how much you actually did, and bits and pieces might be missing.  The CCNP certification is good, it's not like the CCNA where it teaches concepts and protocols but also teaches how things actually work. 

Because a security pro needs to have a deep understanding of the appliances they are working with, needs to have a good understanding of the systems on the network, need to have a solid networking knowledge and of course you should really get yourself exposed by attending security conferences. 

 

Attending a conference like OWASP, Blackhat, Defcon etc are all fantastic ways to get exposed to the real security/hacking world and meet new people.  Just becareful, OWASP normally isn't that bad, but Blackhat and Defcon can have some pretty nuts hackers there, so I suggest making sure you are securely setup first. 

 

I know this all might be a big slam in the face in terms of information if you haven't come over to the U.S from France, It would be a good idea but don't get your hopes up.  There is probably just as good of an environment in France too.  Get your CCNP, Get your CEH, Attend one or two security conferences.  And that should give you the exposure you need, and an insight into the security world. 

 

Just so you know, about the internship thing.  I wouldn't look for an internship unless you are sure you are good enough and they are good enough that they will hire you, or you don't have any connections.  If you don't have any connections you should really get onto LinkedIn.  Just don't think that because security is a booming IT sector right now means it will be easy, quite the opposite.  Depending on how good your Uni is you might have only got CCNA level, good for a system admin or a system engineer, but isn't good enough for security or a good networking career at ALL. 

 Thanks for all this informations, i'll consider what you said, but about the intership, i didn't choose to do this, we must do an intership to valid our degree !