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Re:Ask HN: How can I get into cyber security research? on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @02:07PM (#34615860)

There is no formal way to acquire this knowledge? I know lots of stuff, but don't know if it's enough or if it's what is needed. There are certs like OSCP, but I feel that these companies only care about it when it's about pentest

Re:Ask HN: How can I get into cyber security research? on Monday January 30, 2023 @03:14PM (#34585716)

I've followed you there, but I think I can't send a DM if you don't follow me

Ask HN: How can I get into cyber security research?

Posted by wdym on Sunday January 29, 2023 @04:24PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Quick background: I am a tech lead in a SRE team. I am not sure this is what I want for the rest of my life.I love the sec field. In the last few years I've played lots of CTFs, pwned several boxes on Hack the Box, studied and reproduced CVEs, etc. I have the technical knowledge.I don't think that I want to do pentests or bug bounty. I'm more into research. I like to be the one ahead...

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Ask HN: Is changing my job too much frowned upon?

Posted by wdym on Monday September 19, 2022 @10:12AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I've had six professional experiences, of which two were internships. I've spent between 7 and 12 months in each. Even though I believe there were good reasons for leaving each one of them, people and HR may not care about it, or at least they won't see it at first.I've had an insane, racist and homophobic boss in one, and I had to deal with psychological harassment in another. Then, I went...

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