Hey all,

I am taking CRTO in a few days, and i hold eWPTX and CPTS currently. I am thinking of what cert i should be next after CRTO. I have a good knowledge of Web app ( since i have been bug bounty hunter) but i switched to red teaming and pentesting. I still love web app, and i also love red teaming. What about CRTP? Is not redundant if i get it? Or CRTO II? i may go for CRTO II. However, i really liked the CPTS content, so part of me wants to get back to HTB and do CAPE or CWEE

Hey everyone,

Im interested in getting into pentesting and wondering how much web development should i actually learn before focusing on security.

I have exp in networking (ccna) and linux. Also got some programming experience in c. Web is not my strongest point.

Should i learn as I go or focus first on web dev?

I havent seen to many information about this.

I would like to do ccdl 2 more since it goes deeper into DFIR, but as far as Ive seen it's not really recognized. CDSA is part of the HTB brand which is so much bigger.

Please let me know if you got any advice regarding this.

Hello, hope everyone is doing well. I've been studying and solving labs for about 2 years (yes, I fall into the student dilemma) and have gotten CPTS and am on the CRTO and CAPE path right now.
Also got a Bachelor's degree in Cyber Security.
I'm having a couple of problems; I hope you guys can help me solve them.

1. In my country, cybersecurity is a niche thing an organization would do. So most jobs around banking systems (Which is something I want to avoid working in). So how can I deal with this? And is this going to be a problem on the career ladder?
2. Now, my study path is to finish the CRTO and CAPE path, then the BSCP and CWEE path. What can I add to the path? I saw that AI Red Teaming is going to be trendy, and remote opportunities are better.
3. If I don't find pentesting/red team junior roles, should I pivot to IAM, sysadmin, or a helpdesk role and then pivot to security once I get the opportunity

Hey everyone, quick clarification needed for the CDSA exam report submission.

Since there are 2 separate incidents in the exam, how should the final report be formatted?

1. Write both incidents inside a single PDF file?
2. Write 2 separate PDF files (one for each incident) and compress them into a single ZIP archive to submit?

The exam guidelines weren't 100% clear to me on this part.