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Phillip Wylie is a cybersecurity professional with over 27 years of industry experience…
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My Podcast Journey
My Podcast Journey
I have been podcasting for almost three and a half years. It has been a wonderful experience.
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Contributions
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What are the most effective ways to build trust within your team in Influencer Marketing?
Based on my experience respecting colleagues and honoring your commitments are helpful to build trust. Also helping colleagues beyond what is required. I’ve done this through mentoring, networking, and sharing resources.
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How can visual content create a sense of mystery and curiosity around your brand in influencer marketing?
I am more interested in posts that peek my interest by mysterious elements that make me want to see what’s next or what’s the big reveal. Puzzles, challenges, or calls to action or participation seem highly intriguing to me and are elements I plan to use in future posts.
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How can visual content create a sense of mystery and curiosity around your brand in influencer marketing?
In my experience as someone that depends on social media for my personal brand, employer, and partner brands I find it gets more impressions and engagement when you use graphics or pictures. As someone that uses social media to learn and network, I like posts with graphics, pictures, or videos better and I am more likely to notice or interact with them.
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What are some effective ways to develop resilience in your cyber security career?
I agree with building supportive network. The way I have built my network is from a combination of virtual networking with LinkedIn and X (formerly Twitter), and in person events such as cyber security group meetings, and conferences. I recently needed a new job and I was able to get a new job the day after my old job ended. Building a brand is a great way to improve your effectiveness with your network.
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I know Black Hat MEA is one stellar event for cybersecurity! Hosted in Riyadh, one of the world’s fastest growing markets and innovation space for…
I know Black Hat MEA is one stellar event for cybersecurity! Hosted in Riyadh, one of the world’s fastest growing markets and innovation space for…
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The last time I was in Sydney I met some great people. come and hear me chat about stuff.
The last time I was in Sydney I met some great people. come and hear me chat about stuff.
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Absolutely honoured to have been featured on the 🎙️ Layer 8 Podcast by Patrick Laverty! Layer 8 has hosted some truly incredible guests—far more…
Absolutely honoured to have been featured on the 🎙️ Layer 8 Podcast by Patrick Laverty! Layer 8 has hosted some truly incredible guests—far more…
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Experience
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Education
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Dallas College
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Activities and Societies: Advised and assisted North Lake College faculty in developing an infosec education program.
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Licenses & Certifications
Volunteer Experience
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Founder & CEO
The Pwn School Project
- Present 6 years 4 months
Education
The Pwn School Project was founded to offer education at no cost to members through monthly training meetups. Ethical hacking and pentester education can be hard to find or too expensive and The Pwn School Project was started to fill this need. Training is provided by the founder and members from the hacking and cyber security community. Currently meetings are held in Dallas and Denton.
• Provide free ethical hacking and pentester training to the community.
• Provide mentoring, career…The Pwn School Project was founded to offer education at no cost to members through monthly training meetups. Ethical hacking and pentester education can be hard to find or too expensive and The Pwn School Project was started to fill this need. Training is provided by the founder and members from the hacking and cyber security community. Currently meetings are held in Dallas and Denton.
• Provide free ethical hacking and pentester training to the community.
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Security Researcher and Ambassador
Bugcrowd Inc
- 1 year 3 months
Science and Technology
• Promote Bugcrowd to potential researchers through involvement in the cyber security and ethical hacking community and education opportunities.
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Mentor
American Corporate Partners (ACP)
- 1 year 5 months
ACP’s Mentoring Program connects post-9/11 veterans (Protégés) with corporate professionals (Mentors) for yearlong mentorships. ACP assists veterans on their path towards fulfilling, long-term careers, whether the veteran is job searching or newly employed.
Typical mentorship goals include:
• Résumé review and interview preparation
• Career exploration and understanding job opportunities
• Career advancement once a position is obtained
• Work-life balance
•…ACP’s Mentoring Program connects post-9/11 veterans (Protégés) with corporate professionals (Mentors) for yearlong mentorships. ACP assists veterans on their path towards fulfilling, long-term careers, whether the veteran is job searching or newly employed.
Typical mentorship goals include:
• Résumé review and interview preparation
• Career exploration and understanding job opportunities
• Career advancement once a position is obtained
• Work-life balance
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Mentor
American Corporate Partners (ACP)
- 1 year
ACP’s Mentoring Program connects post-9/11 veterans (Protégés) with corporate professionals (Mentors) for yearlong mentorships. ACP assists veterans on their path towards fulfilling, long-term careers, whether the veteran is job searching or newly employed.
Typical mentorship goals include:
• Résumé review and interview preparation
• Career exploration and understanding job opportunities
• Career advancement once a position is obtained
• Work-life balance
•…ACP’s Mentoring Program connects post-9/11 veterans (Protégés) with corporate professionals (Mentors) for yearlong mentorships. ACP assists veterans on their path towards fulfilling, long-term careers, whether the veteran is job searching or newly employed.
Typical mentorship goals include:
• Résumé review and interview preparation
• Career exploration and understanding job opportunities
• Career advancement once a position is obtained
• Work-life balance
• Networking
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Public Speaking
Various Organizations
- Present 9 years 5 months
Education
Conferences
November 15, 2019 North Texas ISSA Conference
• The Pentester Blueprint - A Guide to Becoming a Pentester
November 2, 2019 Security BSides DFW Conference
• Pwn School Web App Pentesting Workshop
October 10-12 Texas Cyber Summit
• The Pentester Blueprint - A Guide to Becoming a Pentester
• Pwn School Web App Pentesting Workshop
• Web App Pentesting For Bug Hunters Workshop
August 8, 2019 Bugcrowd Hospitality Suite
• A Day in The…Conferences
November 15, 2019 North Texas ISSA Conference
• The Pentester Blueprint - A Guide to Becoming a Pentester
November 2, 2019 Security BSides DFW Conference
• Pwn School Web App Pentesting Workshop
October 10-12 Texas Cyber Summit
• The Pentester Blueprint - A Guide to Becoming a Pentester
• Pwn School Web App Pentesting Workshop
• Web App Pentesting For Bug Hunters Workshop
August 8, 2019 Bugcrowd Hospitality Suite
• A Day in The Life of a Pen Tester Panel (host)
July 31, 2019 3CS (Community College Cybersecurity Summit)
• The Pentester Blueprint - A Guide to Becoming a Pentester
May 17, 2019 NolaCon
• BugCraft the Panel
April 9, 2019 HouSecCon
• The Pentester Blueprint - A Guide to Becoming a Pentester
March 29, 2019 Security BSides Austin Conference
• Reversing Education
• BugCraft the Panel
November 26, 2018 Global Cyber Security Financial Summit
• Bug Bounties - Crowd Sourcing Your Web App Pentests
November 3, 2018 Security BSides DFW Conference
• The Pentester Blueprint - A Guide to Becoming a Pentester
• Pwn School Web App Pentesting Workshop
• Security Community Panel (representing The Pwn School Project)
June 23, 2015 Global Cyber Security Financial Summit
• Web Application Pentesting Your Custom Web Apps
Webinars
April 30, 2019 Bugcrowd
• A Day in the Life of a Pen Tester
January 17, 2019 Bugcrowd
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Publications
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The Pentester BluePrint: Starting a Career as an Ethical Hacker
John Wiley & Sons Publishing
JUMPSTART YOUR NEW AND EXCITING CAREER AS A PENETRATION TESTER
The Pentester BluePrint: Your Guide to Being a Pentester offers readers a chance to delve deeply into the world of the ethical, or "white-hat" hacker. Accomplished pentester and author Phillip L. Wylie and cybersecurity researcher Kim Crawley walk you through the basic and advanced topics necessary to understand how to make a career out of finding vulnerabilities in systems, networks, and applications.
You'll learn…JUMPSTART YOUR NEW AND EXCITING CAREER AS A PENETRATION TESTER
The Pentester BluePrint: Your Guide to Being a Pentester offers readers a chance to delve deeply into the world of the ethical, or "white-hat" hacker. Accomplished pentester and author Phillip L. Wylie and cybersecurity researcher Kim Crawley walk you through the basic and advanced topics necessary to understand how to make a career out of finding vulnerabilities in systems, networks, and applications.
You'll learn about the role of a penetration tester, what a pentest involves, and the prerequisite knowledge you'll need to start the educational journey of becoming a pentester. Discover how to develop a plan by assessing your current skillset and finding a starting place to begin growing your knowledge and skills. Finally, find out how to become employed as a pentester by using social media, networking strategies, and community involvement.
Perfect for IT workers and entry-level information security professionals, The Pentester BluePrint also belongs on the bookshelves of anyone seeking to transition to the exciting and in-demand field of penetration testing.
Written in a highly approachable and accessible style, The Pentester BluePrint avoids unnecessarily technical lingo in favor of concrete advice and practical strategies to help you get your start in pentesting. This book will teach you:
The foundations of pentesting, including basic IT skills like operating systems, networking, and security systems
The development of hacking skills and a hacker mindset
Where to find educational options, including college and university classes, security training providers, volunteer work, and self-study
Which certifications and degrees are most useful for gaining employment as a pentester
How to get experience in the pentesting field, including labs, CTFs, and bug bountiesOther authors -
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Featured in "The life of a white-hat hacker"
Vox
Ethical hackers work to expose security risks. That doesn’t mean companies always like them.
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Featured in Bugcrowd blog "Researcher Spotlight – Phillip Wylie Ambassador"
Bugcrowd
I was interviewed by Bugcrowd for their Researcher Spotlight blog series.
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Featured in "Crowdsourcing the hunt for software bugs is a booming business—and a risky one"
MIT Technology Review
See publicationI was interviewed by MIT Technology Review on behalf of Bugcrowd for an article on bug bounties and Bugcrowd.
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How To Use The Mac OS X Hackers Toolbox
Hakin9
See publicationHow To Use The Mac OS X Hackers Toolbox explains how to install some of the most common and popular penetration testing tools on Mac OS X.
The tools installed in this article are;
• Metasploit Framework
• Nmap
• SQLmap
• Burp Suite
• Nessus
• SSLScan
• Wireshark
• TCPDUMP
• Netcat
Courses
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Offensive Security Wireless Attacks (WiFu)
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Pentesting With BackTrack (Offensive Security OSCP Course)
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SANS SEC542: Web App Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
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SEC660: Advanced Penetration Testing, Exploit Writing, and Ethical Hacking
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Security Compass CSSLP eLearning
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SpecterOps: Red Team Operations
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eLearnSecurity Mobile Application Security and Penetration Testing
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eLearnSecurity Web Application Penetration Testing
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Honors & Awards
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SANS Difference Makers Award
SANS Institute
Podcast, Livestream, or Video Series of the Year for The Hacker Factory Podcast.
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Ambassador of The Year
Bugcrowd
Bugcrowd Buggy Award for Ambassador of The Year
Organizations
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InfraGard
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The Pwn School Project
Founder and Director
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North Texas ISSA (NTXISSA)
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DEFCON 214
Member
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Dallas Hackers Association
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Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
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