SANS Penetration Testing

By Ed Skoudis

Last night, I presented a new talk at a keynote session for the SANS Cyber Defense Initiative conference. My goodness, was I excited, as the topic is something that has been very near and dear to my heart for the past 15 years. The talk was all about how info sec professionals can use challenges to develop their skills and careers, including Capture the Flag games, as well as a whole bunch of other challenge types. We touched on topics such as gamification, challenge designs, and a sampling of some really great free challenges available to everyone on the Internet. Here is a slide from the talk discussing some of the stuff we're thinking about and working on at Counter Hack Challenges:

Here is the overall description of the talk:

Put Your Game Face On: Using InfoSec Challenges to Build Your Skills and Career
- Ed Skoudis, SANS Institute Fellow

Feel free to download my slides here (Put Your Game Face On), and please make sure to check out the last 5 slides or so, where I provide an inventory of available free Capture the Flag and other info sec challenges available on the Internet.

Last night was the debut of the talk. I'll be presenting updated versions of it again at SANS New Orleans Jan 19-24 and SANS Orlando March 25-30. W00t!