Which programming language is a must know for Info Sec professionals?

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I am wondering which programming language a info sec must know. there are many. thanks
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  • chrisonechrisone Member Posts: 2,278 ■■■■■■■■■□
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  • paul78paul78 Member Posts: 3,016 ■■■■■■■■■■
    That depends on what the infosec professional is doing:

    Malware analysis - assembly
    App pentest - a bit of SQL, a bit of python, javascript, actionscript, a bit of php, a bit of java
    Net pentest - usually just a simple scripting language for tool efficiency - most use python, ruby, some shell programming
    Cypto dev - usually c/c++, etc.

    No short-cut answer - usually it's better to learn to program versus learning a programming language. If you learn to program, the program language is just another tool.
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  • YuckTheFankeesYuckTheFankees Member Posts: 1,281 ■■■■■□□□□□
    If I were you, I would study Python.
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  • ChooseLifeChooseLife Member Posts: 941 ■■■■■■■□□□
    paul78 wrote: »
    That depends on what the infosec professional is doing:

    Malware analysis - assembly
    App pentest - a bit of SQL, a bit of python, javascript, actionscript, a bit of php, a bit of java
    Net pentest - usually just a simple scripting language for tool efficiency - most use python, ruby, some shell programming
    Cypto dev - usually c/c++, etc.

    No short-cut answer - usually it's better to learn to program versus learning a programming language. If you learn to program, the program language is just another tool.

    QFT! Good answer
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  • JDMurrayJDMurray Admin Posts: 13,091 Admin
    Yes, it really depends on what areas of InfoSec you are specializing in.
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  • madisonmillermadisonmiller Banned Posts: 7 ■□□□□□□□□□
    You can learn a lot about programming from forums were smart programmers hang out (eg Proggit and Hacker News), read the top articles and ask your questions there; you will get in-depth answers.
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  • NetworkVeteranNetworkVeteran Member Posts: 2,338 ■■■■■■■■□□
    usually it's better to learn to program versus learning a programming language. If you learn to program, the program language is just another tool.

    Excellent answer! :)
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  • laughing_manlaughing_man Member Posts: 84 ■■□□□□□□□□
    paul78 wrote: »
    usually it's better to learn to program versus learning a programming language. If you learn to program, the program language is just another tool.

    And to that end, Python and Ruby are great places to start.
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  • idr0pidr0p Member Posts: 104
    I love python so it gets my vote but alot of tool are also written in perl. C/C++ are also great if you want to develop tools.
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