how to get into i.t security role?

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One way is to either job shadow existing IT Security Pro's in your company or see if you can get a secondment to the IT Security department (this is providing that your organisation is big enough to have a separate department.

If your organsation isn't big enough to have one, you may find that your own department incorporates security. If that's the case then start asking to be involved in security related jobs/projects, eg: firewall install/maintenance, server hardening, roll out of encrytion software/encrypting PC's/laptops, SSO projects, auditing, deliverying of IT security awareness programmes, roll out of AV/anti-malware program, etc...

And build up experience from there.

Just don't expect to be pen testing the systems from the word go

-ken