Preparing for Penetration Testing with Kali Linux

david@systemoverlord.com (David Tomaschik) — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

If you spend any time at all on Reddit or forums for information security students, you’ll find dozens of questions about preparing for the Penetration Testing with Kali Linux (PWK, aka OSCP) class from Offensive Security. Likewise, I’ve been asked by a number of people I know personally about moving into the security realm. I figured I’d put together some notes on how to prepare and the knowledge that I believe is necessary to succeed with the PWK class. Additionally, all of the skills listed here are skills I would expect even the most junior of penetration testers to possess.

Offensive Security Certified Professional

david@systemoverlord.com (David Tomaschik) — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 05:32:33 +0000

It’s been a little bit since I last updated, and it’s been a busy time. I did want to take a quick moment to update and note that I accomplished something I’m pretty proud of. As of Christmas Eve, I’m now an Offensive Security Certified Professional.

Even though I’ve been working in security for more than two years, the lab and exam were still a challenge. Given that I mostly deal with web security at work, it was a great change to have a lab environment of more than 50 machines to attack. Perhaps most significantly, it gave me an opportunity to fight back a little bit of the impostor syndrome I’m perpetually afflicted with.

OSCP on System Overlord

Preparing for Penetration Testing with Kali Linux

Offensive Security Certified Professional