‘We’re our own focus group’ – Ning Wang on security certification, training, and keeping Kali Linux on top | Linux Today

‘We’re our own focus group’ – Ning Wang on security certification, training, and keeping Kali Linux on top

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 7, 2020

If offense is the best defense, then penetration tests are the ultimate indicator of an organization’s security posture.

And as companies around the world look to bolster their cyber resilience by proactively asking security pros to test their systems for vulnerabilities, this has underscored the need for companies like Offensive Security.

Founded in 2006, Offensive Security offers a range of ethical hacking certification courses, while also funding and maintaining Kali Linux, the popular Debian-based Linux distribution designed for digital forensics and pen testers

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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