Cybersecurity is a great field, but it’s becoming increasingly complex and the intellectual barrier-to-entry is rapidly growing. Though the terms shown below span multiple sub-disciplines within infosec, it is not uncommon for senior or even mid-level security engineers to be expected to have a relatively decent understanding of a large swath of the concepts depicted below. If nothing else, this cloud (i.e. cybersoup) should serve as a reminder that it is infeasible to truly be a master in everything cybersecurity.

I really started thinking about how much there is to know in this field and it really is mind-boggling…