What would you do as a Penetration tester?
Penetration testers
- usually work regular business hours but may work weekends or evenings
- usually work in offices
- need to be methodical, accurate and identify and solve problems
Tasks
- analyse system, network and data security
- design and run cyber security tests
- find security weaknesses in computer systems
- develop security policies
- teach cyber security standards
- research different types of cyber attacks
- analyse data to find criminal activity
- write technical reports
How can you become a Penetration tester?
You usually need a qualification and experience to become a penetration tester.
You may need
- a relevant tertiary qualification in computer science or similar area
- experience in similar work
- a relevant industry-based certification
- to pass a police check
If you're in school
You usually need NCEA Level 3 to do the study or training for this job.
