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#244: Ex - NSA Hacker Tells Us How To Get Into Hacking!

2021/1/20
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David Bombal

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This is the path to becoming a hacker. Follow the advice and change your life!

Menu: How to get experience to become an Ethical hacker: 0:00 Cybersecurity is an amazing industry: 0:26 Welcome Neal: 1:08 Who is Neal Bridges? Air Force, NSA etc: 1:23 Fortune 100 red teams: 2:02 Sans Instructor: 2:30 Red and Blue teams in companies: 3:30 What are red vs blue teams: 4:20 What about jobs? 10 to 1 ratio: 6:42 Do you need a degree? 9:11 Twitch Stream: 10:50 What do I need to do in 2021? 12:38 What is my first cert? OSCP? 16:23 CompTIA Security+, eJPT, PTS, CEH - which one? 18:53 Gatekeepers / recruiters: 20:38 Neal's top 3 things: 23:00 Make sure you do these 3 things: 25:38 How do I document what I've done: 28:13 Get experience part time: 30:30 How to break in part time: 33:18 How to LinkedIn: 35:10 Gary Vee advice: 37:17 Top social networks to join: 38:55 Which is the best cert to get today? 40:08 Great challenges: 41:20 Is social media is bad? 42:11 Exposure: 44:14 Can I get a job at the NSA? 46:30 What do you want Neal to talk about? 49:48 Neal's social media: 50:15 Impostor Syndrome: 50:53

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Cyber Blue: https://securityblue.team/

Cyber Defenders: https://cyberdefenders.org/

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