| If there has ever been a growth field, it is computer | | | | enforcement did not see it that way. I was caught |
| security certification. With a good computer security | | | | when I was 16 years old, breaking into the offices of a |
| certificate from a reputable college, you can go | | | | major multinational corporation. Because of my age I |
| anywhere. Even if you go to one of those IT training | | | | got off with probation, but I realized that I had to turn |
| schools the you see advertised on daytime television, | | | | my life around. |
| your certification computer security will probably open | | | | I got my computer security certification training after a |
| doors for you. There are all kinds of jobs for computer | | | | few years of soul-searching. To be honest, I was |
| security experts, from Homeland security to private | | | | tempted to give up computer hacking altogether, but |
| industry. You can help prevent data theft, write | | | | finally I realized that this was not the course for me. I |
| computer security software, or investigate hackers for | | | | was just too fascinated by computer networking and |
| law enforcement. For a security certified network | | | | the security issues that it involved. I knew that, if I did |
| professional, the sky is the limit. | | | | not go into computer security, it was only a matter of |
| I had never expected to get into computer security | | | | time before I would get into trouble again. Temptation |
| certification when I was growing up. If anything, I was | | | | would overwhelm me, and I would suddenly found |
| on the other side of the law. Many of the experts in | | | | myself hacking into something or other. Although a I |
| computer security certification were hackers when | | | | could get away with it for years this time (I had |
| they were kids. I used to try to break into all kinds of | | | | learned from my mistakes) is still didn't seem to be |
| things just to see if I could do it. It wasn't a matter of | | | | worth the risk. In the long run, I would get caught. That |
| malicious intent. I just wanted to test the boundaries | | | | is why I got my computer security certification. As a |
| and see what holes computer security systems had in | | | | certified information security auditor, I can make my |
| them. To me, it was more of a game or an intellectual | | | | hobby into my life and stay on the right side of the law. |
| exercise than an act of vandalism. Unfortunately, law | | | | |