No Experience? How to Get Your First Cybersecurity Job

Trying to get your first cybersecurity job with no experience can feel impossible.

You find a so-called entry-level Cybersecurity Analyst role, and it already asks for two years of experience, SIEM, cloud security, incident response and multiple certifications.

So how are you supposed to get experience when even the first job requires experience?

In this video, I explain how I would approach getting my first paid cybersecurity role in 2026 if I were starting with no professional cybersecurity experience.

And I'm not going to give you another long list of certifications to collect.
Instead, we'll look at how cybersecurity hiring actually works and how you can position yourself to get thr…