Help for the new guy?

[pg94]

I am a freshmen in college and I want to enter the cyber security field. I want to apply for internships my junior year. My question to all the pro's out there, what is the best advice you could give me? To define the question I mean what open source projects, certifications, skills, and ect should I master to put on my applications? I want to stand out, I want to have the edge. Thanks for taking your time to read my post. ~ PG

[Mr-Protocol]

To sum it up into one sentence. Get an in depth understanding of networks, programming, databases, and some background on code execution layers.

I'm not in security but I can imagine these concepts would be a good start, possibly in that order.

[pg94]

Thanks for the speedy reply!

[Jamo]

Yep - you need to understand how "stuff" works, before you can exploit it.

I ended up studying Computer Science in a rather good university, just because I was interested in security etc... :)

[Bountyhunter50]

I agree with everyone else. Read up on what's out there as far as security, etc. And how it works. Then Go from there!