Many people are looking to break into cybersecurity, but without experience, it can be tough to get a foot in the door. Arif Hameed, Chief Information Security Officer at C&R Software, advises looking into cyber-adjacent roles. “My pathway started with software quality assurance, and that pivoted to IT audit, which was my springboard to cybersecurity,” Hameed said. “Another path is through the help desk, which can get you into incident response.