uni isnt bad for cyber. maybe for 'red teaming' but that is only a tiny part of cyber. most companies dont even do it... (its not pentesting).
most other cyber things u can learn just fine at uni.
its the classic 'tech is behind at unis' excuse. its more important to learn the how and why than the what.
all in all it depend on where in cyber u wanna work.
if u want to do red teaming, uni is useless. HTB is a popular option but imho also useless.
you need to learn fundamental skills first. then learn to apply those within cyber.
learn to write code, debug it reverse it. basic networking. building web apps, databases. lots of enterprise systems, all flavors of virtualization, containers, etc. etc. etc.
a lot of those u can learn fine at uni!!!
'security is everywhere' and needing to know tons of stuff is more relevant for red teamers than any cyber other job.
its super helpful for blueteamers but these days your more likely just to be a security app admin than doing actual stuff to production systems to secure them -_-.
some jobs in cyber just need u to send questionaires to third parties, or use some existing platform to do basic phishing tests. its super simple stuff and htb has nothing on it... u will need a degree to send those emails tho :p (dont ask why!)
evan-03•2mo ago