• Captain Howdy@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago
    1. Most folks dgaf about certs, and I agree with them. Certs are BS. I only have certs because employers paid for them and in tech (especially security) there’s a LOT of free time if you know what you’re doing. Certs only prove you can pass a test.

    2. Bold of you to assume most companies have intrusion detection systems and that their monitoring isn’t muted half the time.

    3. Findings come from an automated report generated by a scanner that does literally all the work.

    OP post is really not that far off. It’s an easy gig.

    Source: I’ve worked on both sides.

    • expr@programming.dev
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      1 month ago

      Uh, certs are a huge deal in cyber security. Absolutely useless in most fields, but cybersecurity is not one of them.

      • TriflingToad
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        1 month ago

        oh yeah I probably should close those unused ports I’ve had open since 2020…