Security Testing Journal Entry | w/e Friday January 19, 2024

Highlights for the week

Huge wins for my mentees. One is doing well getting back to her work and learning. The other is interviewing for a highly sought-after job that could propel her into a new light. We've been practicing her interviewing. As such she succeeded past the recruiter call. There was also a great module dropped on Burp Suite regarding LLM and ChatGPT security testing. Waiting for the steps and bug fixes to play with it. Also, started a new pen test applying an involved checklist.

What We Loved

1. Watching others succeed!

What We Learned

1. ISC(2) - Finished! Need to take the exam (if free)
2. Pen Testing - started with Cartlane
3. Automation - Playwright with Typescript: Finished! Need to get back to PW/Python
4. SQL Fundamentals: Done! Learned some basic SQL for data validation .. some test scenarios
5. Cult.ure - paused! "Husband .. Hipocrate": In progress
6. Burp Suite: LLM Module: In progress

What We Longed For

1. As always, longing for a job. I really need to ramp up the search.

What We Loathed

1. Tech Layoffs. The're starting to pick up pace.