Ask HN: How did you get started in Network Security/Penetration Testing?

Re:Ask HN: How did you get started in Network Security/Penet... by Kikawala on Friday September 01, 2017 @09:55PM (#15153757)

I dabble in netsec, but not in it. My job requires me to work with our netsec team so I prefer to be familiar about the subject matter. I usually lurk on /r/netsec and they have a good resource on their wiki[1] on getting started in netsec.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/wiki/start

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Re:Ask HN: How did you get started in Network Security/Penet... by dguido on Friday September 01, 2017 @09:59PM (#15153770)

Thanks! I'm glad you found that useful (I'm one of the mods there).

/r/netsec is no longer the smaller, more personal community it was when I started as a mod (7 years ago now?). If you're just starting out, one of the things I recommend most is finding a meetup in whatever city you live. It's hard to underestimate how useful an in-person conversation over a beer or two can be when you're early on.

I guess my advice for you would be: take your netsec team out to lunch once in a while! :-)

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