Stories / TDN 5.1
From IT support to a SOC apprenticeship
IT helpdesk at a polytechnic → SOC apprentice, financial-services firm
"The Cybersecurity track let me put 'responded to real incidents in a lab' on my CV."
/ ATTRIBPlaceholder Alumnus · SOC Apprentice
Helpdesk work taught me a lot about networks but nothing formal about security. The track's incident-response labs and blue-team exercises gave me concrete ground to stand on in interviews. Employer-sponsored apprenticeship came from a mentor intro inside the alumni Slack.