Guest Speaker for University of South Wales (Information Security Research Group) - InfoSec Community; Stepping into the security industry

I had the pleasure to be invited as a guest speaker to the University of South Wales by the Information Security Research Group (ISRG). The talk was about the Information Security community and more specifically how young professionals can step into the security industry.

During this talk, the students (graduates & postgraduates) had the opportunity to understand and discuss what they can do today in order to ensure they are well prepared when it comes to stepping into the security industry.

The talk included an introduction to what is considered to be a security oriented mindset, provided a number of quick tips, mentioned several online resources, and last but not least how to prepare for an interview. The students among a number of subjects that were raised during the talk, were also introduced to penetration testing types, practices, methodologies, real stories from the industry, tools, and techniques. Black Box testing versus White Box testing was explained, the significance of white-listing was discussed and a brief comparison between Vulnerability Assessments and Penetration Testing was given.