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What is the biggest "problem" becoming a Professional Pentester
I am thinking about pursuing a career in InfoSec - ive posted a few other threads on qualifications etc but what do you reckon is my biggest problem or better said challenge? Is it persuading an employer that I am skilled enough or experienced enough or "clever" enough to think out of the box? Thanks kinda confused - just… -
Pentesting Certifications
I'm going through certifications in the pentesting field which would give me a hard challenge and where I can prove myself. I'm not really interested if it's recognized by HR. So far I've come up with: * GIAC Certified Penetration Tester (GPEN) * GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware (GREM) * Offensive Security Certified Expert… -
Registered for PenTest+! Who else registered?
Tonight, I registered for the CompTIA PenTest+ beta exam. I will take it on April 2, 2018, exactly one week after I take the ISC2 CSSLP exam. I took two beta exams before, one with CompTIA (Cloud+) and another with Oracle (Java programming). I did not pass the latter exam (later, I took the non-beta exam and passed), and I… -
Pentesting - worthwhile to pursue MCSA?
Among the many things I do at my day-to-day information security job, I occasionally participate in penetration testing. My company is encouraging me to transition from occasional junior penetration tester to full blown penetration tester. I wonder if there's much ROI in studying for an MCSA -- something like server 2016… -
eLearn Security - PenTesting Student PTS v3
After some research, I decided that I want to do this course: https://www.elearnsecurity.com/course/penetration_testing_student/ My plan is to build a proper technical pentesting and forensic background and use it to move to pentesting & incident handling positions. I figured this course would be a perfect start. I will… -
Pentest Candidate Program
I see that this is the second time Strategic Security offer this program. I got one bad experience with one training with him, I guess he got problems at that moment. so I have my doubts but I would like to know if somebody has a review about this program: This program is only $200 so signup now! Pentest Candidate Program… -
Pentest+ resources
I just wanted to post on how I am preparing for this exam in late April...I probably won't pass the exam, only because I am not a programmer and feel I won't be prepared. But for only $50 it is worth trying to be an urban achiever for this cert. I am watching these on YouTube ~ (If anyone else has some other YouTube… -
Free Online Pentest Workshop - from Joseph McCray
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Using CyberSeek to Become a Pentester
https://resources.infosecinstitute.com/how-to-use-cyberseek-become-a-penetration-vulnerability-tester/ I recently learned about how to use CyberSeek to look for IT job statistics, and it's super cool to be able to visualize career paths and local job postings! I hope our aspiring pentesters find this article to be useful! -
Re: Pentesting as a Career
There are several types of pentesting: application, network, device (IoT), and human (social engineering). Decide what area you will begin with and how you might specialize (such as how to pentest .NET Web applications running on Microsoft Web servers). Read the posts here on TE about the various pentesting certs. Studying…
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