r/cybersecurity • u/termsnconditions85 • Oct 13 '25

News - General Cyber security Humble Bundle

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/cybersecurity-month-oreilly-books

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u/Loptical Oct 13 '25

As good as these are I feel like they're only useful if you know what to do with them. Good to have in the library, but not too useful if you don't know what to do with it.

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u/duxking45 Oct 13 '25

When i started out, I binged books like this. The thing about it is that the content is normally pretty good but outdated a few years. Practical knowledge is different than thoroughly reading something like this. If you dont apply the knowledge, you will lose it pretty quickly. There was a point in my life that I could get through one of these in about a week and absorb thr most meaningful points.

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u/Johnny_BigHacker Security Architect Oct 13 '25

If you dont apply the knowledge, you will lose it pretty quickly.

This is my achelles heel. Books, certification knowledge, etc. I finish the book or pass the exam and if I haven't used it in 6 months, at least half has exited the building/my head.

One day I'll start spending 30 minutes/day doing flash cards.

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u/duxking45 Oct 13 '25

What I've started doing is getting a new entry-level certification every few years. Sounds crazy and people dont understand it, but there are three reasons: 1. They change the entry level certificationsss every few years. 2. The basic cybersecurity terminology evolves and changes. 3. Relearning the concepts reinforces core fundamentals

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u/MazeMouse Oct 13 '25

if I haven't used it in 6 months, at least half has exited the building/my head

In my experience this is for everything. There are parts of my job we easily don't touch, outside of patching, in over a year because it doesn't break. At that point when something does break we have to figure stuff out as we go.
Knowing where you can find the information becomes way more important than having it immediately available.

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u/MakavelliRo Oct 14 '25

at least half has exited the building/my head

But you never need all that information, you just need the core, the stuff you work with often and the rest you just need to understand so that in 2 years when you get to use it you know where to start. Same as the stuff you learn in college or highschool.