Shelby Matthews is a Community Content Associate at Cobalt. She works to empower the Cobalt Core of professional pentesters, by providing them with a platform to produce content and showcase their expertise. She graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in Journalism and uses it to bring the Cobalt Core's stories to life.
Interested in pentesting but don't know where to start? Our Core Pentesters have you covered. Read to hear their tips and advice on how to get started.
Cybersecurity certifications can benefit individuals with 1-4 years of experience when looking for new job opportunities. Certifications alone don't necessarily make someone a good pentester and should be considered in conjunction with professional experience.
Core Pentester Harsh Bothra joined Cobalt a little over two years ago. Since then, he has become a Pentest Lead and worked on endless engagements. He takes this time to reflect on how things have changed since his first test.
Congratulations to Sanyam Chawla for winning the Pentester of the Quarter Award for Q1. Sanyam was nominated by his peers due to being a great teammate and leader in the Core.
With 2023 just around the corner, we wanted to reflect on our Pentester Spotlights from this year. Our Pentester Spotlight series is focused on highlighting the Cobalt Core Pentesters and putting a face to their work
Saad Nasir has been a member of the Cobalt Core for a little over six months. He has contributed to Cobalt's content pieces and was recently featured on the Hacker Corner podcast.
Are you working in the cloud? If so, you can use an open-source tool named Steampipe to monitor your cloud infrastructure using SQL. One of Cobalt's Core Pentesters walks us through how Steampipe works in our latest Pentester Guide.
Introducing Hacker Corner! Hacker Corner is a podcast for hackers made by hackers. Join host Sheeraz Ali for episode one with guest Saad Nasir as they discuss redteaming vs. pentesting.
Happy 12 Days of Ptaas! On the 6th day of PtaaS, Cobalt gave to me six things that Core Pentesters learned this year. From technical to soft skills, check out what they had to say.
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