Obsidis Consortia, Inc.

So, you want to become a InfoSec professional?

José L. Quiñones-Borrero, BSMCP, MCSA, MCT, CEH, CEI, GCIH, GPEN, RHCSA

What is OC, Inc?

• Obsidis Consortia, Inc. [OC, Inc.] is a non-profit organization that promotes security awareness in the community and supports professional development of security professionals, students and enthusiasts in Puerto Rico. OC, Inc. has develop and is supporting initiatives like the Init6 Security User Group, Professional Training & Workshops, Network and Security Systems Simulation Scenarios (Capture the Flag), Security BSides Puerto Rico Conference and a Community Outreach Program.

.. so what do you need?

• Formal Education

• Skills

• Certifications

• Community

• Experience

Skills

• Networking– TCP/IP, Routing, Switching, Cisco CLI

• Operating Systems– Windows, Linux (Red Hat or Debian), OS X

• Virtualization & Cloud– ESXi, Hyper-V, Xen, KVM, Amazon, Rackspace

• Services– DNS, HTTP, Mail, Storage

… more skills

• Databases– MySQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL

• WebApps– PHP, ASPX

• Scripting & Programming– C, C++, .Net– Python, Ruby, Perl– Bash, Powershell, CMD

Vendor Certifications

• Microsoft– MCTS, MCITP, MCSA, MCSE

• Cisco– CCNA, CCNP

• Red Hat– RHCSA, RHCE

• Vmware– VCP

• Others– Juniper, Fortinet,

… other certs

• CompTIA– A+, Network+, Security+, Linux +

• EC Council– CEH, CHFI …

• SANS Institute– GIAC …

• ISC2– CISSP

Roadmap

Area Fundamentals Intermediate Advance Top Managerial

NetworksNetwork +, CCNA CCNP CCIE CCAr

Windows MTA, MCTS MCITP, MCSA MCSE MCALinux LPI, Linux + RHCSA RHCE RHCADevelopment MCTS MCSD

SecuritySecurity +, GSEC CEH, CHFI, GCIH

OSCP, GPEN, GWAP OSCE

CISSP, GSEC, Security +

Others CSM, CISA PMI

Community

• User Groups– Init 6 Security Group– Stratups PR– Python Interest Group

• Social Media– Twitter, Google +, Linkedin, “Facebook”

• Networking– Student associations, Professional associations

(ISA, ISACA, ACFE, ISOC, IEEE)

How to get experience

• Do an Internship

• Set a Home Lab

• Do research and publish it

• Capture the Flag Events

Set you own lab

• eBay.com– Switches, routers, firewalls

• Workstation– 2-4 Cores, 8-16GB RAM, Dual Monitor, RAID 0 HDs

• Virtualization– Vmware Workstation or VirtualBox

• Reference Books– On everything.

… so, you want to become a InfoSec professional?

… learn, practice, share and love it!

Open Discussion …

• Q & A

• How can we help?

• How you can help your selves?

Please visit us to keep in touch …www.ObsidisConsortia.org

www.BSidesPR.org

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtpOw0dKOIVJu7JZqHx4oQghttps://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/102771209982001396923

https://facebook.com/obsidisconsortiahttps://twitter.com/BSidesPR

Affiliates:www.TalktoanIT.comwww.codefidelio.org

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