Data analysis or cybersecurity?

Hello all!

I am considering starting a new career path after years of stagnant career growth within trust and safety and GenAI.

I have done much research and I have come down to either data analytics or cybersecurity.

Cybersecurity because what had motivated me to follow tech in the first place years ago was protecting users from harm (internal content and external). But since then trust and safety has been all over the place from content moderation to customer support (and of course lots of layoffs ans outsourcing).

Data analysis because I have some familiarity with analysis concepts and tools, mostly excel, and I have found trends and insights through large datasets. I thought this would be a better choice since I already have some experience, and just need to aquire more technical skills and create a decent portfolio.

But something about cybersecurity has always intrigued me, and feels like something more meaningful for me in the long run. I do understand that the general consensus is that cybersecurity is no entry level job and requires some time in IT helpdesk roles (which I'm fine with) before landing a threat intelligence role, ethical hacking, red teaming, or anything or the like.

I would really appreciate some guidance here on which is a better career path for me. Again. I am not asking what exactly to do as I can always do more research in this subreddit. Just advice from a pro or two on whether one or the other is the right career path for me.

Thank you all and happy new year!