Comments on: Ethical Midlife Crisis http://michaeldaw.org/diary/ethical-midlife-crisis Weekly humour Thu, 07 May 2009 20:09:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: wooshy http://michaeldaw.org/diary/ethical-midlife-crisis/comment-page-1#comment-48870 wooshy Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:56:39 +0000 http://michaeldaw.org/diary/ethical-midlife-crisis/#comment-48870 Hmm oddly enough I was going to post something about what is an ethical hacker and what is an ethical pen-tester? There is a number of perceptions that the media has for security people. Either geeks with a social eptitude of a slug or a man with a black trench-coat hiding in a dark alleyway. Well you must know, security pentesters and ethical hackers are far more than the perceived stereotypes given by media. In fact, there are a number of different characters in the industry, I met a few in my short career so far. ;) It's very much like sport! Pick any sport. Different techniques, different attitudes, different emotions all in one sport. Whatever it takes to get the job done. Exactly like the security industry! Hmm oddly enough I was going to post something about what is an ethical hacker and what is an ethical pen-tester? There is a number of perceptions that the media has for security people. Either geeks with a social eptitude of a slug or a man with a black trench-coat hiding in a dark alleyway.

Well you must know, security pentesters and ethical hackers are far more than the perceived stereotypes given by media. In fact, there are a number of different characters in the industry, I met a few in my short career so far. ;)

It’s very much like sport! Pick any sport. Different techniques, different attitudes, different emotions all in one sport. Whatever it takes to get the job done. Exactly like the security industry!

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