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Cybersecurity Careers: Become a Penetration Tester

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Overview

Explore the skills and knowledge that you need in order to become a penetration tester (pen tester).

Syllabus

Introduction

How do I get into pentesting?

1. Self-Assessment

What is pentesting?
Interaction skills
Technical skills

2. Fundamentals

OS fundamentals
Risk fundamentals
Web and network fundamentals

3. Ethical Hacking Techniques

Penetration testing stages
Linux command-line fundamentals
Tools of the trade required for pentesting

4. Get Experience

Hands-on experience
Showing home lab as experience

Conclusion

What are you waiting for?

Taught by

Tennisha Martin

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