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

HLRS

I am wondering which programming language a info sec must know. there are many. thanks

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chrisone

this book might help
Coding for Pen testers - Amazon.com: Coding for Penetration Testers: Building Better Tools (9781597497299): Jason Andress, Ryan Linn: Books

paul78

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.

YuckTheFankees

If I were you, I would study Python.

ChooseLife

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

JDMurray

Yes, it really depends on what areas of InfoSec you are specializing in.

madisonmiller

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.

NetworkVeteran

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!

laughing_man

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.

idr0p

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.