Re: How to become a professional penetration tester?

["Meritt James" <meritt_james () bah com>]

I cannot emphasize what Pedro said enough!!!

Read: http://www.informationweek.com/780/80uwjm.htm

Pedro Ortale Neto wrote:
> Complementing, You can't forget the honesty and ethics. Keep in mind,
> just technical skills are not enought to this position.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Pedro Ortale
>
> On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Jim Utkin wrote:
>
> > Keep in mind penetration testing is just a small component in the
> > process of Information Security, if you're interested in a career as a
> > security professional, learn policies, system administration, network
> > administration, architecture design, just to name a few. No one can
> > claim to be a good penetration tester without being good at least 3 or 4
> > other categories if not all of them.
> >
> > Being a security professional IMHO is the hardest specialty in
> > Information Technology, you have to be good in almost every aspect of
> > IT, but an expert at none.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Fuller [mailto:burchoff2000 () yahoo com]
> > Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 8:54 AM
> > To: Pen - Test List
> > Subject: RE: How to become a professional penetration tester?
> >
> >
> > From: Troy Davis [mailto:troy () nack net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 12:11 PM
> > To: David Fuller
> > Subject: Re: How to become a professional penetration tester?
> >
> >
> > "buffer overflows 101".  oh, wait.
> >
> > just grab some software and start screwing around with it.
> > http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/assurance.html?dwzone=secu
> > rity
> > may be useful.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 08:39:53AM -0700, David Fuller
> > <burchoff2000 () yahoo com> wrote:
> >
> > > I have been reading the archives for the past three days and I  would
> > > like know where could I find a list of penetration testing companies
> > > that give summer jobs and or internship positions in the U.S. so I may
> >
> > > gain more experience in the field during my college years. Also, I
> > > would like to
> > know
> > > if there are any courses in particular that I should take in Computer
> > > Science to become a penetration tester.
> > >
> > >
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> > Troy Davis
> >
> >
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