From: Pete Herzog (lists@isecom.org)
Date: Fri Jul 01 2005 - 09:22:42 EDT
> What would be the skill set required to start off as a penetration
> tester?
Check out the Jack of All Trades project which helps the mindset, one of
the harder things to develop, as Tom suggested. See
http://www.isecom.org/projects/jack.shtml. It's used in all OPST and
OPSA projects to demand more than just seeing tools run or some
memorization techniques out of ISECOM students. Then again the
OPST/OPSA trainings or even the OSSTMM for that matter are really about
pen-testing any more than being a combat jet pilot is about flying.
Just give the Jack lessons a try- you'll like the exercises.
Technical skills, well, you can't get enough. It's like speaking
different languages, the more you know, the better you understand
foreign tongues.
Sincerely,
-pete.
-- Pete Herzog - Managing Director - pete@isecom.org ISECOM - Institute for Security and Open Methodologies www.isecom.org - www.osstmm.org www.hackerhighschool.org - www.isestorm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- ISECOM is the OSSTMM Professional Security Tester (OPST), OSSTMM Professional Security Analyst (OPSA), and Hacker Highschool Teacher certification authority. Thomas Springer wrote: > > focus on your MINDSET rather than your skillset. > be curios. you'll find whatever special-knowledge you need around the > net, but you won't find anything if you lack curiosity. > > tom > >
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