Finding a study rhythm for cyber security

Cyber security has too many topics, so I try to connect study with small projects and notes.

Cyber security is easy to make too big in my head. There is cloud, web, networks, Linux, cryptography, privacy, forensics, malware, and many tools.

I learned that I cannot study everything at the same time. My better rhythm is to pick one small topic, build a small thing, write what I learned, and then move to the next layer.

For example, CloudTrail made me read AWS events. IOC extraction made me practice parsing and output. Open source PR work made me practice reading someone else’s code.

This is also why I want my portfolio to have articles. It is not only to show other people. It helps me see my own progress and remember why I built something.