[thephyber]

Not the gp, but I also work in security (not in management).

"What are the best information security certifications?" @ Quora[1]. The problem is that it's a massive list. Even if you pick a short list / subset of this list, it's far too much work to get started.

Honestly, I would join/start a club at your school or in your neighborhood. Find people with similar interests. Work together on a single certification. Start small and target a single subset of "cybersecurity".

Honestly, I would start by trimming down the list by filtering out what you aren't close to achieving yet. If a cert requires access to Cisco hardware or assembly language programming skills, there is no point in working on one of those certs first.

[1] https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-information-security...