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Coding District

Reputation: 11931

Where to Start Learning to Develop Security Systems

I'm currently a student attending College and in the future, I would really love to work on (develop) security systems like Antivirus, Firewalls, etc. I'm not sure where to start or what to start learning so that I can be successful in this field. Any advice?

Right now, I know (not necessarily good):

I know that my question might be too broad but I really have no idea what core concepts I need to familiarize/master.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 302

Answers (3)

Chris Allen Lane
Chris Allen Lane

Reputation: 6452

There are also some great Wargaming sites out there that you can jump on. In particular, I spend some time on these:

- http://hackthissite.org
- http://smashthestack.org
- http://intruded.net
- http://securityoverride.com

Those will give you a kind of 30,000 ft. view of the field of "offensive security".

I'd also recommend trying to track down hacker blogs and hackers on Twitter. (Twitter is actually a remarkably effective way to stay informed about security stuff, in my opinion.) The links above should hopefully put you on the trail.

Good luck!

Upvotes: 0

Zed
Zed

Reputation: 3385

My advice would be to start watching every talk that you can find from DEFCON, The Black Hat Conference, Chaos Communication Congress, ShmooCon, and other computer security conferences. This is the cheapest, easiest and fastest way to learn.

Upvotes: 2

Satadru Biswas
Satadru Biswas

Reputation: 1595

Start by taking up a Networks, Algorithms and Cryptography course. If you already have, go for more advanced versions of the same. Knowledge of networks, good algorithmic and cryptographic skills are much more important than the languages known in this case.

Upvotes: 1

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