I have worked in the defense sector my whole career starting over a decade ago as a software engineering and working the last 7ish so years in cyber security. I have heard from some people that defense cyber doesn't translate to private industry and that while in the defense industry I am good at my job my skills I have are not as in demand in private industry (never worked in a SOC but have IT, network, RMF, system hardening, patching, vulnerability scanning skills, and scripting automation skills) . Are there any truth to these statements and has anyone here made the switch from defense to private sector? Just planning out a few roadmaps where to go next in my career and obviously switching to private industry is one of the options.