I want to go into information/network securtiy but I am not good at math?

Question

Is this a good choice for me? if not what would be? Could I major in some type of Information Technology program specializing in security even though i am bad at math?

Answer 1

You must learn some statistics and some mathematical logic. Beyond that, you rarely venture into higher math unless you become a programmer in the security sub-field called encryption.

Information security and network security is all about procedures, not formulas. You need to understand how operating systems work. You need to understand the 7-layer ISO network model and understand the risks of each layer. You need to understand the ways that viruses, trojan horses, worms, and other malware attack machines. You need to understand how to patch an operating system or an application. You need to know about pathways of attack. But most of those are conceptual, not mathematical, in their details.

You don't have to use that much in the way of calculus, differential equations, matrix math, or tensor analysis. But you WILL need statistics well enough to understand probability theory, set theory, and concepts associated with propagation delays.

Answer 2

hell yea man i suck at math, and im a programmer there two differently things, maths good because it teaches your mind how to follow multiple steps to get a solution, and thats all programming is its not like math class but you DO have to be able to problem solve. look at a situation ok i want my program to do this, this and this and you have to be able to figure out how to problem solve that situation to accomplish the task thats why math is helpful cause thats what all math is problem solving. its not helping because you actually have to do alot of math i make programs about every day and do about one formula for each that is actually related to math so its not like you have to be super good at it when i was getting my degree there were people in my class that would make amazing programs real technical **** and it really didnt envolve all that much math

learn to problem solve, find the best solution to accomplish a task and learn the language and your a programmer

Answer 3

take recognized courses:

Cisco CCNA (Associate level)
Cisco CCNP (Professional level)
MCSE - Microsoft Certified System Engineer

Answer 4

if you try hard enough