Krebs on Security has started a series named How To Break Into Security.

I decided to ask some of the brightest minds in the security industry today what advice they’d give. Almost everyone I asked said they, too, frequently get asked the very same question, but each had surprisingly different takes on the subject.

How to Break Into Security, Ptacek Edition — Krebs on Security

Now might be a good time to give the job of reading these to your apprentice.