Re: [WEB SECURITY] Getting into the security industry

[Daniel Cuthbert <daniel.cuthbert@xxxxxxxxx>]

My best advice would be looking at joining a security consultancy team  
and grow your experience there. Take a look at the OWASP Chapters and  
see if there are any local to you, and then go along to some meetings.  
This would give you an idea of who is who in the area and also allow  
you to learn about any new positions.

As for the technical side, keep on learning and experiencing and it  
will happen.

Daniel

On 04 Mar 2008, at 11:01 PM, Tassi wrote:

> Hi
>
> I am trying to get into the security industry and have been reading  
> web application security books and using any resources I can find to  
> get some hands-on experience by using resources such as Foundstone's  
> Hackme bank/books/casion, Webgoat and buggybank but am finding it  
> difficult to get an real world commerical experience hence am unable  
> to get any Junior penetration testing roles because of this.  What  
> is the best way to go about trying to get into the security arena or  
> is it just a lucky break I have to try and get?
>
> Any assistance would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> T
>
>
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