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What is the wisest choice for a series of certifications for pentesting.
I'm interested in pentesting and was wondering what would be the wisest choice of certifications. I see a lot of people have CompTia A+, Network+, Sec+, if I'm interested only in pentesting do I need all three or is CompTia Sec+ sufficient? And after that is done should I go for the Sans pentesting of something else? And… -
Re: What is the wisest choice for a series of certifications for pentesting.
I am going to be the black sheep here. If you have a ton of knowledge and skill and "aim" you career the correct way, possibly pick up a MS in CS or InfoSec and catch a few breaks you *could* become a pentester without going through the helpdesk>admin>security>pentest path*. Many pen testing jobs I have seen only want a… -
Re: What is the wisest choice for a series of certifications for pentesting.
I think you ought to check out this thread. The creator of this thread would loathe you for asking this. You can't just learn how to pen-test by cert books or bootcamp. There isn't even a formal education program that can teach you how to pen-test. You need to become an expert on the networking basic in order to be able to… -
Re: What is the wisest choice for a series of certifications for pentesting.
Yea, you can't really jump into IT and "only do pentesting". That's really an area that you graduate to after becoming a good System/Network Admin and gaining tons of knowledge about both. All 3 of the CompTia exams you mention are good material for entry level knowledge, though. I would pick a more generic path toward…
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