Breaking into cybersecurity is hard. But what happens when the job search stretches beyond a year?

Sofi Rodriguez has been searching for her first cybersecurity opportunity for more than a year — but she hasn't been sitting still. She's earned her cybersecurity certificate from the University of Chicago and her Security+ certification, attended conferences, joined cybersecurity chapters, built her network, found mentors and sponsors, and continued looking for ways to serve others while working toward her goal.

In this episode of Authentically Cyber, Sofi shares what the cybersecurity job search really looks like when the opportunity doesn't come quickly — how she applies, how she keeps going, and why she's determined to build a career that will eventually allow her to give back to her home country of Peru. If you've been applying ...