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Re: Need advice for a career in security
Unless things are drastically different in the UK neither the CISSP nor the C|EH should in any way shape or form be considered a 'Master's' equivalent or otherwise. I have comfortably completed both exams in about two hours apiece where my Masters degree took a little over a couple of years. I could have worked harder but… -
Re: Need advice for a career in security
I don't recall saying going to school was a pain...though to be fair I didn't attend school either, at least not in a capacity to learn anything except that I hated being inside and was much more attuned to being outside. Doing a Masters and serving in the military....Bloody hell! I applied for the Irish Army and Air Corp… -
Re: Need advice for a career in security
My home lab constists of: 3x windows server 2012 (2 gui installs and server core) vm's 1x win 8 2x win 10 1x ubuntu I run Kali off a Nexus 7 (which I'm still learning to use properly) I have an old P4 which is loaded with Ubuntu which I broke (again) I havent played with my labs I'd say in about 6 months maybe more, in my… -
Re: Need advice for a career in security
I was looking at (should have worded it better) Intrusion Prevention/Detection Network Security Physical Security Security Tools Security Trends But your right, it's mostly theory over hands on practices. I would have thought having theoretical knowledge would have been a given to becoming a pen tester. But even looking at… -
Re: Need advice for a career in security
Oddly enough I emailed Mikko Hypponen on linkedin and I "follow" him too (I swear everytime I type the word follow, I feel dirty) I do agree whole heartedly that kali is just a collection of tools, but anytime I look up job for pen testers it always lists kali as a must have....not sure if these recruiters know jack sheep…
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