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ETM Show #5: What is Information Security, Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking?
ETM Show # 5 is a chat with Frank Trezza, an InfoSec Professional and Certified Ethical Hacker, about how he got started, examples of cyber attacks and best practices to protect yourself.
After listening to this episode you will learn:
- How Frank found the teacher's answers to his course assignments for the year
- How the field of InfoSec and Cyber Security got him out of homelessness
- How he used Social Engineering to get into DEFCON
- How to learn a few key skills without knowing "everything" (but still easily having access to the unknown knowledge you need)
- Some industry standards for Pen Testing
- Why a lot of courses aren't very good (and the best way to learn the craft)
- Some free or cheap tools you can get to start learning right away
- Why you shouldn't get used to using one tool alone
- Examples and definitions of various Cyber attacks
- Best practices to protect yourself from attackers
- Why the work from home trend caused a revolution in Cybersecurity
- Why Vulnerability Assessments are less accurate than Pen Test audits
- The idea of "Security Theater" and why it always be a cat and mouse game
For show notes and more please visit: https://www.emergingtechmastery.com/etm-5
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By Emerging Tech Mastery (ETM)ETM Show # 5 is a chat with Frank Trezza, an InfoSec Professional and Certified Ethical Hacker, about how he got started, examples of cyber attacks and best practices to protect yourself.
After listening to this episode you will learn:
- How Frank found the teacher's answers to his course assignments for the year
- How the field of InfoSec and Cyber Security got him out of homelessness
- How he used Social Engineering to get into DEFCON
- How to learn a few key skills without knowing "everything" (but still easily having access to the unknown knowledge you need)
- Some industry standards for Pen Testing
- Why a lot of courses aren't very good (and the best way to learn the craft)
- Some free or cheap tools you can get to start learning right away
- Why you shouldn't get used to using one tool alone
- Examples and definitions of various Cyber attacks
- Best practices to protect yourself from attackers
- Why the work from home trend caused a revolution in Cybersecurity
- Why Vulnerability Assessments are less accurate than Pen Test audits
- The idea of "Security Theater" and why it always be a cat and mouse game
For show notes and more please visit: https://www.emergingtechmastery.com/etm-5