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Carrer As An It Professional

Though there are many different types of IT job, I believe that the job of a computer security specialist is the most important and fun out of all of them.   There are many reasons as to why I choose this career, first would be that I have been around computers my entire life.   The next probably most important would be that I have some knowledge on how to gain unauthorized access to computers.   I believe that since I have some knowledge on how hackers do this, it would put me a little bit ahead of them.   There are many reasons for why this specific job is important, mainly because without computer security anyone that knows how to access our personal and private data would be able to do so.   There are also many reasons as to why this would be a very fun field to get into.  
    A computer security specialist has many tasks that they have to do throughout their work day.   The main task that the must do would be to implement, test, and secure computer networks.   They also try to “hack” the network that they are trying to secure, if they find any holes or exploits in the server they try to implement a way to stop hackers from using this hole or exploit on the server they are to protect.   They also overview and maintain the use of data on the network, making sure that no unauthorized changes or unauthorized people have access to this information.   They also log personnel passwords and log in info; they also delete employees that no longer work for the company’s information, so they will not be able to access the information.   They also must plan data security for new or modified software, as well as install and update security software on the computers and network.   They also prepare data so that the administration will have easy yet secure access to these files, even if they are not at the office.
    Though a computer security specialist has many tasks they have to complete, it is still a very fun job.   For example they get to “hack” the network they are hired to...