OSCP as a Digital Forensic/Incident Response Analyst
As a DFIR analyst, I have predominantly worked on the responsive side of cyber security. I have been lucky enough to work for employers that support good quality training and certification - however training for me has usually been geared towards forensics and incident response in line with my role. With the desire of expanding my offensive knowledge and experience, I decided to take the Penetration Testing with Kali course - a lab based penetration testing course. I initially purchased 2 months access. Whilst I had read that it is a difficult course (depending on experience), I did not comprehend the learning curve, fun and frustration of what I had signed up for... A part of this ignorance was derived from the fact that I could not find a write-up of someone with similar experience attempting the OSCP. So here we are. Experience/Education I completed an undergraduate in Cyber Forensics and Networking (double major), following which I have worked in cyber security...