Brain You Security Journey

Introduction Obtaining OSCP has been one of my goals in my career. When I first started my InfoSec career as a security analyst, I was confused how attacks actually work and without such knowledge, it is really difficult to set decent detection points. As said I do not have experience doing penetration testing, I decide to do A LOT OF preparations, as I think over-prepared is always better than under-prepared.  My aim would be a 1-take pass in the exam. Preparation before starting OSCP After setting up the goal, there has been a lot of preparations. As stated in the previous posts, I have done Virtual Hacking Labs, eLearnSecurity eCPPTv2, some Hack The Box, etc. I recommend before registering the official OSCP course, at least you should try Hack The Box, along with Ippsec's write-ups, which show how a professional penetration tester deal with boxes and how he comes up with what to do next. TJ_Null has a list of boxes with Ippsec videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P...

Introduction eLearnSecurity has been one of the training providers who offers good quality training courses and exams. I really like the idea that all exams are practical and you need to understand how things work to pass the exams - the beginner friendly exam eJPT is not an exception. In order to well prepare for the OSCP exam, I have chosen to enroll the PTP course. The Course > Check out the syllabus here:   https://www.elearnsecurity.com/course/penetration_testing/ To be honest, the scope of the course is really intensive - it covers all of the basic concepts and skills of penetration testing. If you are a beginner, the course material definitely equips you with the essential skills. You may practice in the Hera Lab, which is quite well-designed. For me, studying the material is too bored and I cannot stop skipping them from time to time. However, when doing the labs, I could always learn something new. If you want to enroll to the course, don't s...