So... You Want to Become a Penetration Tester?

[David Matthews]

Penetration testing is a key part of cybersecurity: finding and safely exploiting system flaws. Learn the skills, tools, and steps to start your career as an ethical hacker in this growing field.

Read the full article here.

So... You Want to Become a Penetration Tester?

 

[StrikerRocket]

My son, who will turn 18 next month, is finishing his 1st year as a cybersecurity expert cursus in Marseille, France. His is learning linux, python and everything related to routing, security etc.
Very interesting and rewarding. I've been monitoring his studies closely, as I find this really interesting too.
It helps me understand networking better and everything related to security, IP V4 vs. IP V6 etc.
And this also offers goods job opportunities.

 

[RudyBob]

This is worthy as long as they are the best

 

[Xelions]

Ah yes... skills that can be used for both good and good against evil. For context sake, evil just means bad people. And yes there is a lot of bad people!

Zathras says lots of work to do

Good article David

 

[Plutoisaplanet]

Yes I want to look for insecurities in my target and shoot my payload inside to see if I can conquer

 

[yRaz]

I have a jump drive with kali on it on my keychain, that's all I'll say about that

 

[toooooot]

My son, who will turn 18 next month, is finishing his 1st year as a cybersecurity expert cursus in Marseille, France. His is learning linux, python and everything related to routing, security etc.
Very interesting and rewarding. I've been monitoring his studies closely, as I find this really interesting too.
It helps me understand networking better and everything related to security, IP V4 vs. IP V6 etc.
And this also offers goods job opportunities.

How many of these opportunities will be gone within the next five years due to AI, though?
IT will probably be one of the fastest adopting AI tools requiring fewer every year.

 

[MonicaPython2]

Nice overview! I would just like to add that pentesting is not limited to just web and infrastructure pentesting. There are multiple types of pentesting and many of them have their own learning path and certifications.

 

[Axeia]

Yes I want to look for insecurities in my target and shoot my payload inside to see if I can conquer

Circumventing protection and checking backdoors?

 

[David Matthews]

Nice overview! I would just like to add that pentesting is not limited to just web and infrastructure pentesting. There are multiple types of pentesting and many of them have their own learning path and certifications.

You are absolutely correct! Physical pen testing is especially interesting because it's basically legal breaking and entering lol. Social engineering can also be it's own branch of pen testing technically.

 

[Macar]

How many of these opportunities will be gone within the next five years due to AI, though?
IT will probably be one of the fastest adopting AI tools requiring fewer every year.

But what profession is safe?
On the contrary, I have a hunch that IT professions will be the most resilient.
The day there's no more need for IT specialists, I can't see any other job holding out (and that's terrifying).