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Re: The appeal of pentesting
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Re: The appeal of pentesting
While my professional role is on the defensive side of the house, I do see why certain people might find pentesting very appealing. I agree that a good pentester must have a strong foundation in the design and implementation of networks, and he/she must also be able to think outside of the box. A job as a pentestrer… -
Re: The appeal of pentesting
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Re: The appeal of pentesting
There are lots of pentesting roles out there, but they usually have some weird title associated with them. It is however definitely easier to get into a defensive role. I did pentesting/auditing for a large government entity. As has been stated most people get caught up in the whole breaking into networks thing. I spent… -
Re: The appeal of pentesting
I think you might be misunderstanding what I'm looking for. I'm definitely in favor of learning the offensive side, but not necessarily doing that exclusively for a living. My question was more for people who want to get into pentesting and seem to have the impression that's what infosec is about. In many threads that I've… -
Re: The appeal of pentesting
I'm just getting started in the field of IT but with the goal of ending up in pentesting..and I would say yes the job looks sexy as hell but I feel its going to have a good job outlook. Every other week there is some big name company getting hacked or something like that going on and I also think a lot more cyber-terrorism… -
Re: The appeal of pentesting
I would like to be a security analyst and would like to have pen testing skills so I guess I can sort of respond. For me I think that for most people, they look at various movies or hear about network breaches and think "Man that is f'n sexy and cool." I think that it is sort of like how everyone wants to be a quarterback… -
Re: The appeal of pentesting
Just curious to know how far you think you can "defend" without knowing how to "offend." There has never been a conflict or game decided solely on defense. Favorite tech/pentest quote: "Knowledge is power, and those who can subvert a system can also defend it - Bill Blunden" In learning offensive tactics (compromising…
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