get your CISSP, it cost $700 to take the exam... and you can command 100K with your background. I didn't even have my CISSP and started off at 75K. Granted I have 20 years in programming, DBA, Network Administration and System Administration. You'll do just fine.
I will tell you one thing... security is pretty boring if you are a person that likes to be in the trenches. It's more of a manager role (they even tell you to think like a manager when getting your CISSP). Your role is to identify a problem, document the solution and then audit the outcome. You don't ever fix or correct problems.
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get your CISSP, it cost $700 to take the exam... and you can command 100K with your background. I didn't even have my CISSP and started off at 75K. Granted I have 20 years in programming, DBA, Network Administration and System Administration. You'll do just fine.
I will tell you one thing... security is pretty boring if you are a person that likes to be in the trenches. It's more of a manager role (they even tell you to think like a manager when getting your CISSP). Your role is to identify a problem, document the solution and then audit the outcome. You don't ever fix or correct problems.