Re: Pen test courses

From: Peter Baxter (peter.baxter@bt.com)
Date: Wed May 28 2003 - 15:32:21 EDT


Hi Petr

You already have the basic knowledge of pen-testing, therefore I
would recommed you need to be very selective on the course you
attend, as the majority are script kiddie based, point and click
stuff.

>From our experience at BT, you need a combination of advanced
hands-on skill and conceptual security knowledge. Again from our
experience we have worked closely with the Security Associates
Institute and their Certifed Security Associate program, and have 13
certified CSA experts at BT. Check out the link:

http://www.securityassociate.org/csa.pdf

But this is only half the picture, you really need to combine this
with a conceptual course such as the CISSP.

Best Regards

Peter Baxter
British Telecommunications PLC
Head of Information Security - Europe and Asia
Tel: +44 (0)20 450 5000 ext. 4456
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>On Mon, 2003-05-26 at 13:37, Petr Ruzicka wrote:
>> Hi,
>> could you recommend me some valuable PenTest training ?
>> I know already how to use nmap, ping/traceroute, nessus, hping, nemesis, tcpdump/ethereal, ettercap, I know how to do passive fingerprint of OS, use various honeypots etc. etc.
>> However, there is always something new to learn, I'm sure. I did some research of available training courses on the Internet and I'm not sure which could be valuable to me, as I do not need to spend time learning 'nmap -vv -sS -P0 x.x.x.x'.
>> Besides programming skills and researching new vurneabilities (and keep running on learing track), is there any good training out there ?
>> Thanks a lot
>>
>> Petr Ruzicka
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