Penetration Testing: What They Don't Teach You In School

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Presented at BSidesDetroit 2013 by

Alex Fernandez-gatti

Academia and the profesional world have always seemed to have a willing cognitive dissonance. Academia can have a hard time obtaining willing talent to educate the up and coming youth within their environments, while the business world is either far too busy, or unable to provide the correct resources back into the pool of knowledge to help those students. The end result end up being potentially misinformed students entering the work force with unrealistic expectations that end up crushing their souls and passion for the industry of which they dedicated 4 years and $30-$60k in loans. I would like to call out some of the things that slapped me in the face when I broke in to the security space. I want to have an open discussion about what could be done to help bridge this gap, and fix some of these issues. I'd also like to discuss some of the programs that are being developed by infosec community members that are bridging that gap that you can get involved in, and help give back to the community.