I wouldn’t recommend getting into cybersecurity as a path to biosecurity. From the outside, the main thing that transfers in the actual work is the mindset, but a very large majority of skills in both areas are domain specific. On the other hand, I do think there are valuable things that need doing in cybersecurity, and biosecurity efforts nearly always also have cybersecurity needs.
@fezzy🔸 one important difference (especially important to me!) since we last talked is that the NAO just opened a position for a software engineer; consider applying? https://​​securebio.org/​​careers/​​bioinformatics-engineer-2025/​​
I wouldn’t recommend getting into cybersecurity as a path to biosecurity. From the outside, the main thing that transfers in the actual work is the mindset, but a very large majority of skills in both areas are domain specific. On the other hand, I do think there are valuable things that need doing in cybersecurity, and biosecurity efforts nearly always also have cybersecurity needs.
I just applied! Thank you for the insights and for connecting me with this opportunity