Cybersecurity: Can Youngsters get prepared for consulting?

In this episode of Mohsin My Mentor, the host Mohsin Adhi sits down with Ali Nadeem — an IT forensic audit, surveillance, and cybersecurity expert with a background spanning finance, system development, and financial institutions — to break down what a career in cybersecurity actually looks like for young people entering the field.Ali explains cybersecurity in plain language (no IT background needed to follow along), using real examples — from vulnerabilities in hospital equipment to voter database manipulation — to show why it matters far beyond the tech industry. We dig into how AI is changing both hacking and ethical hacking, why certifications alone won't get you hired, what employers actually test for in interviews, and how South Asian youth in particular can break into high-paying remote cybersecurity and AI roles.Topics covered:What cybersecurity really means, beyond "IT stuff"How AI is being used by both hackers and defendersThe truth about certifications — and what actually gets you hiredBuilding a career path: basics → specialization → advanced/job-ready skillsFreelancing and remote opportunities in cybersecurity and AIA real case: investigating his own car theft with Hamilton Police