HackerOne vs. Offensive Security Cybersecurity Courses and Certifications

It is one of the good platforms for security researchers to submit bugs and other vulnerabilities, it however, has some challenges, in terms of un-verified and duplicate submissions.

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For cybersecurity practitioners interested in advancing their skillset in deeply technical matters, Offensive Security Cybersecurity Courses and Certifications offers some of the most well respected, up to date, technically challenging and comprehensive training courses out there; however, users must be very disciplined, determined and resourceful in order to make the most of the high quality content on offer since good time management is critical and "Try Harder" isn't just a motto for Offensive Security Cybersecurity Courses and Certifications given the content could frustrate some inexperienced users that may be pressed for time and don't have enough drive to spend learning a good amount of possibly unfamiliar but essential content and concepts

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• Filter for spammy bug reports
• Nice central interface
• Payment/reward system is nice

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• Content is comprehensively laid out in a clear manner
• Content is regularly kept up to date with the latest techniques seen today
• Content doesn't assume too much about the reader's existing knowledge levels
• Labs are representative and designed to emulate what could happen in real life
• Certifications are well respected and widely recognised in the security industry
• Prices are not that expensive compared to other vendors etc.

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• A lot of duplicate bugs get reported, although it does offer automatic suggestion of previously reported bugs that may be duplicates, it is far from perfect.
• Anyone can report bugs, a lot of them are not verified before submission. This sometimes leads to a lot of time spent in verifying if the bug is really actionable.
• Each submission has to be treated with equal potential, a lot of time, some time gets invested in vulnerabilities that aren't as important as some others.

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• The exams are quite hard to pass and some require a lot of hours to be spent on them which might leave some exhausted
• Some of the content can be hard to remember since there is a lot of syntax that might be intimidating to users not familiar with something similar from before
• Perhaps consider more specific, tailored courses rather than courses which cover many topics at once which might not necessarily be within the same niche
• More human to human interaction could be beneficial to prepare for the exams sometimes

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These were very close and we liked HackerOne better. For a time we did have both and we felt the need to consolidate the information into one platform and end of life our internal offering. Overall we've been fairly happy with HackerOne.

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Offensive Security Cybersecurity Courses and Certifications are very comprehensive, regularly kept up to date and, unlike some other courses out there, are quite challenging and technically demanding even for industry colleagues who've been in the field for many years; for this reason, Offensive Security Cybersecurity Courses and Certifications is excellent for your more senior cyber security analysts/engineers as it will enable these technical experts in your organisation to further enhance their knowledge and learn some new tricks that they can then bring back to the workplace to share with the rest of the team

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• Bugs that can't be tracked internally are submitted by external researchers, which is an important factor for security vulnerabilities.
• Even if the bugs reported are duplicates, there still is provision to award reputation points, that keep the researchers engaged.
• It also requires a lot of verification and validation, as a lot of the submissions are unverified to begin with.

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• Labs have allowed us to safely test new offensive as well as defensive techniques
• Certifications are widely recognised and allow us to showcase our team's maturity to external parties when required
• Content is very comprehensive so this lessens the need for covering the same topics in our internal knowledgebases
• The platforms that Offensive Security Cybersecurity Courses and Certifications have setup helped showcase the benefits and drive adoption of infrastructure as code in our own organisation

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