Sheepykins
Daemon Poster
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- Worcestershire, England
Yeah most people i know wandered into security with networking and somewhat related qualifications but are now earning the top level security ones.
As an IDS analyst my day is pretty straight forward. I write custom IDS signatures for clients who want to look for a specific thing flying around their network.
We get lots of packets come through and I check them for authenticity and severity, as well as look around for the newest exploits in technology plaguing the industry today.
Alot of it is the usual stuff, upgrades to devices liasing with customers and managing my workload.
The thing about intrusion detection though is that much of the time you're waiting for stuff to happen, you can make yourself busy but its still a babysitting job in many cases.
I also provide 12-hourly, weekly and monthly reports to customers on IDS signatures which show trends, statistics and what i've been doing to earn their money every month.
and I work 12 hour shifts only, on a DuPont rotation.
Im hoping to take my career into a dedicated intrusion specialist role, rather than the analysis part. More provention than dousing fires, and then possibly security consultancy
As an IDS analyst my day is pretty straight forward. I write custom IDS signatures for clients who want to look for a specific thing flying around their network.
We get lots of packets come through and I check them for authenticity and severity, as well as look around for the newest exploits in technology plaguing the industry today.
Alot of it is the usual stuff, upgrades to devices liasing with customers and managing my workload.
The thing about intrusion detection though is that much of the time you're waiting for stuff to happen, you can make yourself busy but its still a babysitting job in many cases.
I also provide 12-hourly, weekly and monthly reports to customers on IDS signatures which show trends, statistics and what i've been doing to earn their money every month.
and I work 12 hour shifts only, on a DuPont rotation.
Im hoping to take my career into a dedicated intrusion specialist role, rather than the analysis part. More provention than dousing fires, and then possibly security consultancy