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Re:Ask HN: How to become a Security Engineer on Thursday January 16, 2014 @01:12AM (#7068325)
The term security engineer is a wide generalisation.

Start participating in CTF (capture-the-flag).

Go to conferences: defcon, blackhat, shmoocon, derbycon. Talk to people.

Read phrak.org.

Learn about the old-school hacker culture.

Hack stuff.