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Offensive Security Certified Expert (OSCE) Experience

Offensive Security Certified Expert (OSCE) Experience

Penetration Testing, Security
Offensive Security's CTP (Cracking the Perimeter) is a more advanced training for penetration testing leading to Offensive Security Certified Expert if the 48-hour exam is cleared. The course is basically offered similarly to how Penetration Testing with Kali leading to Offensive Security Certified Professional is set. The difference however is that the course for PWK gives a student access to a corporate network where one can work his/her way into getting into each machine through various techniques while CTP on the other hand concentrates more on discovering unknown vulnerabilities. To make the story short, PWK-OSCP's outcome is for a student being able to do practical penetration testing through methods starting from information gathering up to post exploitation while CTP-OSCE's ...
Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) Experience

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) Experience

Penetration Testing, Security
Offensive Security's PWK (Penetration Testing with Kali Linux) is definitely a good way to challenge yourself in the field of cyber security. It's a course that is purely hands-on with a gruesome 24-hour exam to get certified. You'll get access to a corporate network created by the Offensive Security team where the goal is to hack machines through penetration testing methodologies. To continue, before even explaining what I went through to achieve this, let me share a little background of myself. Experiences before getting into PWK Timeline 2015 I finished my bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering. At this point, I had the following skills rated as: 3 - Could work with it comfortably. 2 - Could work with it with Google's help. 1 - Could understand the terms and...