FREE LIVE WEBINAR

How to Break Into Cybersecurity and Land Your First Job

A practical conversation on skills, experience, certifications, portfolios and what it really takes to get your first opportunity.

  • Sunday, 18 October 2026
  • 5:00 to 7:00 PM UK / 12:00 to 2:00 PM ET
  • Online · Joining link sent by email

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Breaking into cybersecurity can feel confusing. What should you learn first? Are certifications enough? How do you gain experience when every job asks for experience?

Join LearnCyber Academy for a practical conversation about what it actually takes to move from learning cybersecurity to becoming job-ready.

WHAT WE'LL DISCUSS

THE QUESTIONS EVERY BEGINNER ASKS

  1. 01

    What should I learn first?

    Where to start, and which cybersecurity fundamentals matter when you're beginning your journey.

  2. 02

    Certifications vs practical skills

    How certifications fit into your development, and what you should be doing beyond collecting certificates.

  3. 03

    How do you gain experience?

    How aspiring professionals build credible, practical experience and show employers what they can do.

  4. 04

    What do employers actually look for?

    The skills and behaviours that help an entry-level candidate stand out.

  5. 05

    Building a cybersecurity portfolio

    What to actually put in a portfolio, and how to use it to demonstrate what you can do.

  6. 06

    Your 90-day roadmap

    A practical framework for what to focus on over the next 90 days if your goal is your first cybersecurity role.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

LEARN FROM PEOPLE DOING THE WORK

Daniel Oseghale
Host
Kevin Apolinario
Speaker

Live conversation

Daniel & Kevin

Two practitioners on what actually gets people hired into their first cybersecurity role, with time for your questions.

Daniel Oseghale

Founder, LearnCyber Academy · Cybersecurity Specialist, Mentor

Daniel is a cybersecurity professional, educator and founder of LearnCyber Academy, helping aspiring cybersecurity professionals develop the practical skills, experience and confidence to land their first cybersecurity role.

Kevin Apolinario

Kevtech IT Support · Cybersecurity Specialist, IT Trainer, Public Speaker

Kevin is a cybersecurity specialist and technical trainer focused on helping people develop practical IT and cybersecurity skills and navigate their careers into technology.

WHO IT'S FOR

IS THIS WEBINAR FOR YOU?

  • Students studying cybersecurity or IT
  • People moving into cybersecurity from other careers
  • Aspiring SOC, GRC and cloud security analysts
  • IT professionals looking to move into cybersecurity
  • Recent graduates
  • People studying for cybersecurity certifications
  • Beginners who don't know where to start
  • Anyone struggling to gain practical cybersecurity experience

THE KEY MESSAGE

Don't just learn cybersecurity. Build the skills and evidence that show you can actually do the work.

ABOUT LEARNCYBER ACADEMY

LEARN.
PRACTISE.
GROW.

LearnCyber Academy helps aspiring cybersecurity professionals move beyond theory and build the practical skills, experience and confidence needed to pursue their first cybersecurity role.

Our approach combines practical cybersecurity training, hands-on experience, mentorship and career development.

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FREE LIVE WEBINAR

Ready to Land Your First Cybersecurity Role?

Sunday, 18 October 2026 · 5:00 to 7:00 PM UK / 12:00 to 2:00 PM ET · Online