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Re: Looking for a Pen Testing Mentor
I would suggest getting your CCNA, Sec+, and possibly some Linux certification before you start pushing for a Pentest mentor. Those certification will put you in a good position to start pentesting, as well as asking the right questions to a mentor. I was in your position a while ago, wanting to do pentesting but there's… -
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How to start a pentester career?
Hello everyone of the TE forums! I’m a complete newbie (21) who recently found fascination in the field of offensive security and particularly pentesting. I’ve done several days of research on the career and I’m finding it more attractive each day. Unfortunately, my current university education isn’t centered on the IT… -
Re: Penetration Testers arrested while testing
There is a thing called a "get out of jail letter," which is written authority to be performing physical or cyber pentesting activities. This letter is to be presented by the pentester to anyone that attempts to apprehend the pentester while on the job. There's no mention that such a device was present during this physical… -
Re: Security Certificate
It sounds like OP definitely wants to be a pentester. Security+ might be a good start to help you get your first job, as will CCNA and CCNA Security. That being said, if you want to be more of an app pentester than a networker pentester, I wouldn't delve too far into the Cisco track. OSCP will be your goal as an app… -
Re: Which cert should I go for CEH vs Security+/Pentest+
I'm actually sitting in an Infosec Flex boot camp for the Sec+ next week, so I'd advocate for that cert before jumping straight into the CEH or Pentest+ or something along those lines. My certification path looks something like Sec+, CCNA, CySA+, Pentest+, CASP+, with CEH and/or SSCP thrown in there somewhere maybe. Since… -
Need advice regards security (pentesting) path
Hi everyone, Currently I'm working as a devops engineer (yeah, I know.. just a buzzword) and my work experience is pure OPS stuff. I'm pretty comfortable with Linux OS, scripting, automation tools etc.. Lately I started to think about a change to the stuff that is more compelling to me and because of that I decided to… -
Re: eNDP : Network Defense Professional
Maybe it's better to first learn pentesting and then defense? With my pentesting knowledge (OSCP/pentester academy type of knowledge) I like to go deep in this course. I try to find how to block or detect all the attacks that I already know. If you don't know pentesting, may be this course has less value? The risk is to… -
[Video] CySA+ vs. Pentest+ | Cyber Career Forum - Jason Dion
What are the differences between the CySA+ and Pentest+, and should you take one or both? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Br9nnKum8 In this week's episode, Infosec Skills author Jason Dion talks about the role each cert plays and where they both fit into a traditional cybersecurity career path. If you like the video, be… -
Re: Do you think writing exploits is still valuable
You are talking about the work of exploit researcher, they are highly sought after by companies like madiant ,fireEye, core security, rapid7, tenable and immunity . In regards to webapplication pentest, custom scripts like python had its roots in it. A quick script would means an instant access to the system. And you would…
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