Gemma Moore of Cyberis Limited talks about her incredible pentesting career and shares her advice for aspiring pentesters. She also discusses security as it regards the human cost of social engineering, which is the title of a recent article Gemma wrote.\xa0
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0:00 - Intro
5:26 - Becoming a world-class pentester
13:55 - 2004 pentesting versus now
17:25 - Early years of pentesting\xa0
19:30 - Natural skills to be a pentester
23:12 - Advice for aspiring pentesters\xa0
25:50 - Working in pentesting\xa0
27:50 - Red teaming\xa0
31:08 - How to be a great pentester
33:04 - Learn about CREST
36:13 - What should be on my resume?
37:45 - Cyberis Limited\xa0
40:25 - Diversity and inclusion\xa0
43:42 - The human cost of social engineering
50:06 - Training staff positively
52:54 - Current projects
54:20 - Outro\xa0
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