EP024

Episode 24 – Jobs in InfoSec shownotes

Music provided by: Denis Kreynin https://soundcloud.com/denis-kreynin
 

Pre-amble chit chat items:

• Butt-set (probably actually called an acoustic coupler modem): https://www.fib.upc.edu/retroinformatica/exposicio/micrordinadors/rsh_ac/mainColumnParagraphs/0/image/R-S_HDiMODEM%20(Custom).JPG
• The Perl Programing Language: https://www.perl.org
• PHP programing language: https://www.php.net/
• A great C and C++ programing language reference: https://www.cprogramming.com/
• QBasic Gorillas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorillas_(video_game)

 

The actual show:

Penetration testing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penetration_test

Security Operations Centre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_operations_center

Account Security

Application Security Consulting: https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/blogs/how-to-be-app-security-consultant-p-1266/op-1

Security consultant

Incident Responder

Forensics Analyst

IT Auditor

Information Security Architect

Director of Information Security

Chief Information Security Officer

 

Security certifications in order of Max’s preference:

Security+ certification: https://certification.comptia.org/getCertified/certifications/security.aspx

Certified Ethical Hacker: https://www.eccouncil.org/Certification/certified-ethical-hacker

SANS certification: https://www.sans.org/why-certify

Certified Information Systems Security Professional: https://www.isc2.org/CISSP/Default.aspx

Life of hard knocks: Experience in the field.

 

Penetraion Testing Execution Standard: https://www.pentest-standard.org/index.php/Main_Page

Vulnerable Web Apps to play with and test pen testing skills: https://pentestlab.org/10-vulnerable-web-applications-you-can-play-with/

or https://www.amanhardikar.com/mindmaps/Practice.html

 

ISO 27000 suite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_27000-series