Looking to get into Information Technologie? What about a Career in Cyber Security? During this video, we interview Alli who recently entered the I.T. field in pursuit of a career in Cyber Security. We cover interview tips, study best practices and much more... If you have any questions for myself or Alli make sure to leave them in the comments below!

Alli's Resources:

Objectives
Security+ SY0-501 - https://certification.comptia.org/docs/default-source/exam-objectives/comptia-security-sy0-501-exam-objectives.pdf

Books
Get Certified Get Ahead - Security+ SY0-501 by Darril Gibson- https://www.amazon.com/CompTIA-Security-Get-Certified-Ahead/dp/1939136059/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_img_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=JWGJPHWBG3KF3KKNT4B3

Study Guides/Notes
Giant Study Guide made by u/kamekeisen on Reddit: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hXGyKDWdpJLKZWWuu5eVTh-N5simhpSlTTA-Z-dtCj0/edit

Videos
Professor Messer Security+ Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG49S3nxzAnnVhoAaL4B6aMFDQ8_gdxAy
Professor Messer Security+ Study Group Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG49S3nxzAnkijp3VBQ5CPf19bK-5hmec

Practice Exams
A Ton of Practice Exams: https://www.examcompass.com/comptia/security-plus-certification/free-security-plus-practice-tests
Bug Bounty Hunting Resources
Books:
Web Hacking 101 - Peter Yaworski https://leanpub.com/web-hacking-101%3E
Breaking into Information Security- Andy Gill https://leanpub.com/ltr101-breaking-into-infosec
Web Application Hacker's Handbook - Stuttard https://amzn.to/2YbemDS
Hacking the Art of Exploitation - Erickson https://amzn.to/2SrY7NA
The Hacker's Playbook 3 - Peter Kim https://amzn.to/2XR09wC

Videos:
Bug Hunting Methodology v2 - Jason Haddix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw1nNPiH_Go
How to Shot Web - Jason Haddix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FAjxUOKbdI
Bug Hunting Methodology v3- Jason Haddix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw1nNPiH_Go
How to Get Started in Bug Bounties - STÖK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU9Iafc-Igs
Web Penetration Testing Zero to Hero - The Cyber Mentor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnN6dbos5u8

Places to Practice:
Root-me https://www.root-me.org/?lang=en
Over the Wire http://overthewire.org/wargames/ (Specifically Natas)
Hack the Box
BWAPP http://www.itsecgames.com/

Blogs/Writeups I found helpful:
Penetration Testing and Bug Bounty Hunting - https://www.billdietrich.me/PenetrationTestingAndBugBountyHunting.html
How to get into Bug Bounty Hunting - https://forum.bugcrowd.com/t/researcher-resources-how-to-become-a-bug-bou

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