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Certified Red Team Expert (CRTE) is a penetration testing/red teaming certification and course provided by Altered Security, which is known in the industry for providing great courses and bootcamps.
In this review, I take the time to talk about my experience with this certification, the pros, and cons of enrolling in the course, my thoughts after taking and passing the exam, and a few tips and tricks.
Read moreThis is the third iteration of the Hacker Playbook series, it teaches various penetration testing techniques such as web application exploitation, active directory, lateral movement, privilege escalation, and much more. This book helped me greatly when I began my OSCP journey and I could recommend this enough.
Read moreIMPORTANT: Note that the Certified Red Team Professional (CRTP) course and lab are now offered by Altered Security who are the creators of the course and lab. You can get the course from here – https://www.alteredsecurity.com/adlab
The Certified Red Team Professional is a penetration testing/red teaming certification and course provided by Pentester Academy, which is known in the industry for providing great courses and bootcamps.
In this review, I take the time to talk about my experience with this certification, the pros, and cons of enrolling in the course, my thoughts after taking and passing the exam, and a few tips and tricks.
Read moreThe Offensive Security Wireless Professional is an ethical hacking certification offered by Offensive Security that teaches wireless penetration testing techniques, specifically for WEP, WPA, and WPA2.
It comes with the Offensive Security Wireless Attacks video and PDF course, which aims to prepare students for the exam. In this article, I take the time to talk about my experience with this certification, the pros and cons of the course, thoughts after taking and passing the exam, etc.
Read moreCompTIA Security+ should be the first security certification a cyber security student should earn, as it establishes the core knowledge required of most cybersecurity roles and provides a springboard to intermediate-level cybersecurity jobs.
It is ideal for candidates who are looking to become cyber security analysts, vulnerability assessor or even penetration testers. Security+ is compliant with ISO 17024 standards and overall has really good reputation in the industry, which is one of the reasons I decided to go for this certification, back in early 2019.
Read morePenTest+ is one of the most recent CompTIA cyber security certifications, it is designed for cyber security professionals or students who aspire to be in a role with an emphasis in penetration testing and the offensive side of cyber security.
It was initially released on the 31st July 2018 and since at the time I was preparing for OSCP and I had already done A+, Network+ and Security+ I thought this was the best way forward.
Read moreThe eLearnSecurity Junior Penetration Tester (eJPT) penetration testing practical certification provided by eLearnSecurity, a cyber security company that develops cyber security courses that are delivered electronically and that allow students to obtain corresponding certifications.
I decided to sign up for this certification a couple of years before obtaining my OSCP certification as a lot of people recommended this course as a start.
Read moreI decided to subscribe to the Proving Grounds platform after failing my first OSCP exam attempt and after completing the virtual hacking labs platform, I was very intrigued by the fact that the machines in this platform were developed by Offensive Security and therefore I was sure the quality of the machines would live up to expectations.
Proving Grounds is a platform that allows you to practice your penetration testing skills in a HTB-like environment, you connect to the lab via OpenVPN and you have a control panel that allows you revert/stop/start machines and submit flags to achieve points and climb the leaderboard.
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