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The Pentester BluePrint

Starting a Career as an Ethical Hacker

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The Pentester BluePrint

By: Phillip L. Wylie, Kim Crawley
Narrated by: Matthew Josdal
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Jump-start your new and exciting career as a penetration tester.

The Pentester BluePrint: Starting a Career as an Ethical Hacker offers listeners a chance to delve deeply into the world of the ethical, or "white-hat" hacker. Accomplished pentester and author Phillip L. Wylie and cybersecurity researcher Kim Crawley walk you through the basic and advanced topics necessary to understand how to make a career out of finding vulnerabilities in systems, networks, and applications.

You'll learn about the role of a penetration tester, what a pentest involves, and the prerequisite knowledge you'll need to start the educational journey of becoming a pentester. Discover how to develop a plan by assessing your current skillset and finding a starting place to begin growing your knowledge and skills. Finally, find out how to become employed as a pentester by using social media, networking strategies, and community involvement.

Perfect for IT workers and entry-level information security professionals, The Pentester BluePrint also belongs on the bookshelves of anyone seeking to transition to the exciting and in-demand field of penetration testing.

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The book is superbly written and takes the reader on a journey that if they follow the path and learn the skills, will eventually find them working as a Penetration Tester. Don't get me wrong. The road will be long, with many branches, side quests, and forks, but there are many routes that all lead to the same destination. Start… and keep walking the path, but enjoy the journey.

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