{"id":3748,"date":"2024-06-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.educa.pro\/carrera-de-pentester"},"modified":"2026-06-10T12:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T12:40:15","slug":"career-as-a-penetration-tester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educa.pro\/en\/articulos\/carrera-de-pentester\/","title":{"rendered":"A Career as a Penetration Tester: How to Get Started and Train Effectively"},"content":{"rendered":"

First of all, a penetration tester<\/strong> is a cybersecurity professional who carries out targeted attacks on a company\u2019s IT infrastructure or any computer system. These attacks are authorised; in other words, companies commission these services to test their infrastructure for vulnerabilities, for ethical purposes and without actually compromising the company. <\/p>

This may mean that a qualification or degree related to cybersecurity<\/strong><\/a> in order to practise in this field. However, some professionals in this field do not have formal training to work as a penetration tester. <\/p>

What does a penetration tester do? <\/h2>

Its main aim is to help to identify vulnerabilities<\/strong> and recommend solutions to these vulnerabilities in both the digital and physical networks, to prevent a real hacker from discovering them and attacking you. <\/p>

So a penetration tester needs to be proficient in using a range of technical tools, such as Nmap and Wireshark, to help them identify these vulnerabilities during penetration tests. They also document the processes and activities carried out so that they can subsequently produce a report on the entire audit for their colleagues and clients. <\/p>

These are some of its features:<\/strong><\/p>