Over the past weekend I began Offensive Security's Penetration Testing With Kali Linux course.
Anyone who follows the security field, specifically Penetration Testing, is familiar with Kali Linux and it's forefather BackTrack Linux.
For those who are unfamiliar with Kali and BackTrack. They are Linux distributions that focus on providing the tools needed for various types of Penetration Testing. You can find out more about them here and here.
The course is delivered via videos accompanied with a lab manual and live labs with real systems for one to practice on. The course ends with a penetration test on a fictitious company. The final exam consists of a Penetration Test in Offensive Security's lab environment where the student is required to break into as many systems as possible and submit a report at the end detail the Penetration Test.
As of now, I've completed the first few modules and even though they are introducing elementary topics I have learned many things that will not only aid in Penetration Testing, but in IT in general.
I will document my progress through the course here.
Anyone who follows the security field, specifically Penetration Testing, is familiar with Kali Linux and it's forefather BackTrack Linux.
For those who are unfamiliar with Kali and BackTrack. They are Linux distributions that focus on providing the tools needed for various types of Penetration Testing. You can find out more about them here and here.
The course is delivered via videos accompanied with a lab manual and live labs with real systems for one to practice on. The course ends with a penetration test on a fictitious company. The final exam consists of a Penetration Test in Offensive Security's lab environment where the student is required to break into as many systems as possible and submit a report at the end detail the Penetration Test.
As of now, I've completed the first few modules and even though they are introducing elementary topics I have learned many things that will not only aid in Penetration Testing, but in IT in general.
I will document my progress through the course here.
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