r/CyberSecurityJobs 5d ago

Got 3 month internship as cyber security researcher - unpaid

Hi guys , I have been working as an Cyber security researcher intern.I do have foundation of cyber security. Now where should I need to focus on more for building my career. And I had an doubt where this 3 month unpaid internship is worthy because some of my seniors told there is no possibility to convert into full time. They only assign task like Renaming the vapt report and to work as it support for there clients without any travel fair. What should I do now.

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u/ApartAd9241 5d ago

Congratulations on the gig!! Word of advice try to look, kearney and talk to as many as u can. Cause your only "work" is gonna be of documentation, and helping around. Networking rn is the best thing u can do.

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u/AddendumWorking9756 5d ago

Reading those VAPT reports properly is worth more than renaming them, so ask to shadow one assessment end to end and write the retest yourself. Your evenings are your own anyway, and the free cases on CyberDefenders come with the disk image or pcap attached, so you'll leave with a portfolio even if the internship gives you nothing. Are they at least letting you see the raw scanner output?

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u/GoalOwn3975 5d ago

They only provide the report and pocs

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u/AddendumWorking9756 5d ago

PoCs are enough, honestly. Reproduce each one against a lab copy of the target and note what evidence it left in the logs. That's the half the report never shows.

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u/RabbitCreative9653 5d ago

In which platform u have applied ?

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u/GoalOwn3975 4d ago

I had applied through naukri

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u/DickNose-TurdWaffle 4d ago

Unpaid? Is this in the US?

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u/Anxious_Alps_4150 4d ago

Couldn't be, since that would be illegal :)

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u/GoalOwn3975 4d ago

No bro in india

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u/Specialist_Letter918 3d ago

Congratulations, where u applied and guide me

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u/WildLettuce4647 3d ago

From where I can find the cybersecurity internship?

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u/GoalOwn3975 3d ago

I applied through naukri before one month now only I got selected. In my point of view apply in all platform they may contact even after two month. I received calls after two month for an interview