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After the Exam: What's next?

OutrageousOutrageous Member Posts: 8 ■□□□□□□□□□
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Something that I've been pondering; how does an "ethical hacker" stay current? Are there communities? Resources? I know there's additional certs, but I'm mostly thinking of the tangible and practical.
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    roninkaironinkai Member Posts: 307 ■■■■□□□□□□
    I'm working on CEH. And from my learning so far, it doesn't scratch the surface of what's out there. IMO, either go up the EC-Council chain (ECSA, LPT), or specialize with a tool to really get knowledgeable and expertise. CEH exposes you to say something like nMap, but it no way are you now an nMap pro. I recently made a list of "tool certifications" that would compliment a good pen testers skillset (WCNA, Metasploit Cert, Snort, etc). You can try Meetup for communities, or find a capture the flag event to try to conquer.
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    Mike7Mike7 Member Posts: 1,107 ■■■■□□□□□□
    After passing CEH, you need to maintain it via continual education. The requirement is 120 ECE
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    OM602OM602 Member Posts: 56 ■■□□□□□□□□
    After CEH, CISSP might be a good idea.
    If you want to continue in pentesting, try OSCP.
    Apart from HR people, this cert is much more respected.
    The world chico, and everything in it
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    MitchRappMitchRapp Member Posts: 5 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Here ya go...

    CEH>>>CHFI>>>ECSA>>>LPT Master
    or
    CEH>>>ECSA>>>LPT Master

    ECSA is expert level and LPT Master is Advanced. My guess is the majority will fail LPT Master, though. Reworked and reconfigured, if you can conquer it, you are truly a Master.
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    cyberguyprcyberguypr Mod Posts: 6,928 Mod
    Step 1: Get a better/more advanced cert to wash off the CEH
    Step 2: Let CEH expire
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    wayne_wonderwayne_wonder Member Posts: 215 ■■■□□□□□□□
    cyberguypr wrote: »
    Step 1: Get a better/more advanced cert to wash off the CEH
    Step 2: Let CEH expire

    Have you let yours expire or do you still have it in your cv? I ask because you seem to hate it yet you have it!?
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    cyberguyprcyberguypr Mod Posts: 6,928 Mod
    Only have CEH and CHFI because they were requirements for my Masters. I seriously considered NOT doing the WGU MSISA because of this but reason prevailed.
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    wayne_wonderwayne_wonder Member Posts: 215 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Lol damn that's a serious hatred for the cert/company!
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