Re: Pentest exams

[Eric Milam <emilam () coretechsg com>]

Hands down... Offensive Security - Pentesting with Backtrack!

http://www.offensive-security.com/penetration-testing-backtrack-online-training.php

This will open your eyes to a lot of stuff and is fairly inexpensive.

This is real/hands on pen testing in a lab environment.  You learn how
to use the tools, you have free reign to hack all the machines in the
lab.  You won't be dissapointed.

The final challenge is a 24 hour exam where you have to hack into
several machines.

Thanks,
Eric



On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 09:15 -0400, Chris wrote:
> I'm looking to get certification as a penetration tester but, I'm torn
> between which would be the best fit.  I work for a large company that
> deals with about 70% DoD, 20% military and 10% commercial.  Although
> I'm not doing cleared work currently, a lot of our contracts involve
> TS/TS with a Full Scope.  I'm currently looking at ECSA from
> EC-Council and GPEN from SANS.  I've looked over some of the actual
> material briefly from EC and it seems decent.  Any help would be
> greatly appreciated.  There may be more certs out there that are just
> as worthy, I'm just not aware of them.
>
> Thank you
>
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