Becoming a Hacker
June 29, 2010
So as many know my background is on the business side of information security not the technical side. I leave that to Mike Murray and the other great instructors and resources we have at The Hacker Academy. But now the time has finally come…I get to learn how to become a penetration tester. Through this blog I will be sharing my progress and what I am able to learn on my journey. I will be going through The Hacker Academy from the standpoint of a new user and see what the experience is like while doing a bit of QA along the way while completing each module we are offering. I am going to share the challenges I am having as well as the successes (when they exist). I have already followed the steps to set up my environment now on to Module 1, Hacking Fundamentals. Stay tuned for my next update.
Aaron
5 Tips for choosing the RIGHT information
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June 10, 2010
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The Hacker Academy- 2 Weeks After Launch
June 5, 2010
So we did it…we have changed the way training in our industry exists today. This isn’t meant to be a sales piece and I promise it isn’t, but after 2 weeks of the membership based Hacker Academy I thought it was important to share what has transpired. There have been some really funny incidents, some not so great moments and most importantly a whole lot of learning (members and us). It started with our first member catching us off guard 6 hours before launch, somehow clicked a test button we just happened to make public for 3 minutes (talk about timing!). Of course as with anything new we had our share of minor bugs, a few links that didn’t work properly etc. all of which have been fixed now. Instead of this becoming a problem we decided to make a contest out of it, if a member reported a bug to us, they receive a t-shirt that says “I hacked The Hacker Academy”, why not right? And really, what I think is the coolest part of what has happened so far is that in the first 2 weeks we have members from all over the world including 6 of 7 continents: Australia, Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and North America… don’t think we have Antarctica just yet. When I said we above, that meant we together have changed the information security training landscape. For the first time people can receive proper hands-on training no matter what time zone they are in.
So a big thank you to our Charter Members, and if you are not currently a member we can’t wait for you to join the training revolution. We took a risk when we decided to change, so I part you with this quote from author Frederick B. Wilcox, “Progress always involves risks. You can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first”.
