Cybersecurity 101, Part 0: Why I’m Sharing My Cybersecurity 101 Workshop
Part 0: Introduction to the Series (Editor’s Note).
When I first stumbled into the cybersecurity industry, I didn’t have a map.
I was 18, a college freshman, and an immigrant trying to figure out not just how to pass classes, but how to carve out a future in an industry I barely understood. Back then, terms like Blue Team and Red Team sounded like code names from a movie, not real jobs people built careers around.
What kept me moving forward wasn’t confidence. It was a sense of mission.
I wanted to protect people even if I couldn’t yet explain how.
Why This Series Exists
Fast forward five years: I’ve worked across cloud security, detection engineering, incident response, and threat hunting at companies like Datadog and Amazon.
I’ve learned a lot. I’ve failed a lot. And through it all, one truth keeps showing up:
cybersecurity is intimidating until someone slows down long enough to make it human.
Recently, I gave a two-hour live workshop on the fundamentals of cybersecurity. The room wasn’t filled with experts. It was students, career-switchers, and curious professionals who wanted to know:
What exactly is cybersecurity?
How does it affect me on a day-to-day basis?
How do people actually build careers in it?
The questions were simple, but the conversations were powerful.
People leaned forward. They laughed. Some looked nervous when they realized how close to home these risks hit. That’s when I knew this workshop needed to live beyond that room.
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What You’ll Get Here
Over the following three newsletters, I’m sharing the whole arc of that workshop.
Not a skimmed recap. Not bullet-point slides. But the stories, the frameworks, and even the audience Q&A that made the session come alive.
Here’s how it will unfold:
Part I: Why Cybersecurity Matters in 2025
The mission behind security, how it shapes your everyday life, and why data and money make you a target.
Part II: Foundations & Attacks
The CIA Triad, threats, vulnerabilities, and the real-world attacks that are shaking organizations and individuals today.
Part III: Defenders, Offense, and Careers
How Blue and Red Teams operate, and the practical ways you can build a career in cybersecurity.
For Cyberwox Members
The full edited two-hour workshop video is available exclusively to my Cyberwox Squad and Syndicate members on YouTube.
Why I Care
Cyberwox Unplugged has always been the place where I write what I wish I had known when I was starting out. A space to slow down, to reflect, and to share both the technical lessons and the personal ones.
If you’re new, welcome. If you’ve been following for a while, thank you. Either way, my hope is simple: that this series gives you clarity, direction, and maybe even the spark of a mission that’s kept me going.
Let’s Begin
Start with Part I: Why Cybersecurity Matters in 2025 → Read it here.