Helpdesk is the Best Place to Start Your Cybersecurity Career

You’re thinking about getting into cybersecurity, and someone tells you to start at the help desk. In this conversation, I spoke with Oliver Plante, vp of support, ThreatLocker at Zero Trust World about why that advice holds up—and what you actually learn on the front lines.

From dealing with frustrated users to introducing security controls without breaking workflows, help desk experience builds empathy and real-world judgment. If you’re just getting started, this is what a solid foundation really looks like.

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Rich Stroffolino
Rich Stroffolino is a podcaster, editor, and writer based out of Cleveland, Ohio. Since 2015, he's worked in technology news podcasting and media. He dreams of someday writing the oral history of Transmeta.