I'm a software engineer working for a consulting company. I haven't done any real programming at work in over a year and a half now because my current client has me doing IT and SharePoint Administration work instead. So I'm thinking about a career change that my current work experience can help me with.<p>I've been thinking of getting in to the security side of IT. My background is pretty technical. Besides programming experience, I know the basics of networking, some hardware, and in my current work I'm managing an active directory, some Windows Server machines, a couple SQL boxes, and SharePoint.<p>So for someone with a little bit of IT background, where would you start? Going back to school isn't really an option right now. Though, I'm open to the idea of getting a cert or two if they'd help. Any good resources to help make this transition happen would be very much appreciated.