Davismu,
My reason for going for the DMU MSc in Cyber Security is due to the fact that I am fed up of how in the recent year anyone with a degree in computing (or a non computer related degree. I know people in the industry who have degrees in Archaeology, chemistry, Artificial Intelligence etc etc) or a little computer related knowledge wants to get into Computer Forensics, and how a lot of companies chose to recruit graduates over experienced practitioners purely based on how much money they can save on salary. In a company I was working in recently I witnessed 4 people being recruited into Mobile phone forensics just because they knew people in the company and these people had absolutely no experience or knowledge of Forensics at all.
I see this industry having a lot of very experience individuals who make an actual contribution to this field. however, at the same time I see a lot of people in this industry who have no experience who have been lured into the field because it has been glorified by some american TV series.
And the amount of Forensics companies that have opened in the recent years in unbelievable. Soon there will be more forensic investigators and companies then there are cases.
Yes I know a lot of you are thinking "but if you are good you shouldn't have to worry about competition specially from graduates". Believe me I do not worry about the competition I just don't want to be employed by a company then spend my entire time training the graduates!!!! which has happened to me recently.
The field for me has started to stagnate slowly. I want out and after digital forensics me next passion in Cyber Security so that is where I am heading now.
Regards
MPF
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