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:burchoff2000at_private] > > 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:troyat_private] > > 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 > > <burchoff2000at_private> 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. > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > -- > > Troy Davis > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > -- James W. Meritt, CISSP, CISA Booz, Allen & Hamilton phone: (410) 684-6566
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