rootX60 Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Hello everyone I am interested in becoming a Pen Tester. I would like to actually know where to start and what I need to do to become a professional and make a career. Please let me know thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J3rgs Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 A good start would be to learn everything Linux. If you don't mind spending a bit of money you should buy some books off of Amazon, Certified Ethical Hacking, Pentesing books, Offensive Security PWB, etc etc. Just read as much as you can. Then if you actually wanted to make a career out of it you can take a exam through an organization called the EC Council for C|EH which stands for Certified Ethical Hacking, then you can take a course with then which is Advanced Penetration Testing. But my suggestion is to learn everything you can about Linux, weather it be Ubuntu or BackTrack Linux, just get real comfortable with the command line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digininja Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I did a study on this for a recent conference talk, you can read all about it on my site http://www.digininja.org/projects/breaking_in_part_1.php Or watch the video: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I did a study on this for a recent conference talk, you can read all about it on my site http://www.digininja...g_in_part_1.php Or watch the video: I've been reading the pen-testing survey results, at the Digininja website and it does answer a lot of the questions. people are always asking and I highly recommend it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyb1980 Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Pentesting is a huge field with tons of topics, some of which are extremely different from each other. Find something you enjoy doing, then stick to that. If you enjoy building websites, try web app security, if you like writing windows programs, windows app security, if you like wifi pineapple type stuff, go with network security, etc etc. Each of these fields can provide a lifetime's worth of research. IMO, most people who excel in this field are specialized in one or a few subjects. You'll go crazy if you try to do it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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