Penetration testers for Prediqnous, Information Security consulting and training company

Dear Readers,

we present you an interview with Mr. Deepanshu Khanna, Linux Security Researcher, A|CEH, Network Administrator, Cryptanalyst, who is looking for penetration testers for Prediqnous, Information Security consulting and training company:

1. What kind of vacancies do you have for penetration testers? For which kind of projects?

Our company works on several projects like VA/PT (Vulnerability Assessments and Penetration Testing) or Web Application development. The company also gives training in Ethical Hacking under P|CEH (Prediqnous Certified Ethical Hacker) and provides various services of SEO. But our crucial interest is Cyber Forensics. We have solved numerous cases of cyber crimes, for example Facebook frauds, tracing of black hats, Extortion, Database Forensics, Corporate Frauds and these are the projects that we have vacancies for.

2. How many penetration testers does your company hire? Do you look for them ongoing?

Prediqnous adopts a comprehensive approach, inclusive of re-testing to certify customer infrastructure for technical gaps. The process starts with the first level audit, followed by a comprehensive report and recommendation to the customer. Once the customer team closes the gaps, Prediqnous does a re-testing to determine closure of the gaps. Bais the re-testing, Prediqnous certifies the customer's infrastructure. In order to carry out this work there is a need of a complete team. And in order to do that we always look for three to four new employees who have experience of at least 1-2 years.

3. How does you recruitment process look like?

Recruitments or selection of candidates is conducted by the Managing Director of our company. There are 3-4 stages through which a candidate is being selected based upon his achievements and those stages include:

Written Test – This written test is the very first step that every job seeker has to pass. This test includes the basic questions related to hacking, forensics, security research and some general questions just to test the mental ability of this person.

Technical Test And HR (Human Resource) Interview: After completing the first step, the candidate has to pass a technical test. This step includes the questions related to what student or the seeker has done up till the interview. For example if he gained some of the certificates like CCNA, CEH, PCEH, Database certification, etc. After that our HR representative asks the candidate about his thoughts, ideas, expectations from the company, backgrounds and interests.

Group Discussion: The third and the most important step is group discussion. The main point to check here is whether the candidate has good customer service and communication skills.

Final Round: The final step is the meeting with the officials just to confirm that the candidate has all the skills that the company is looking for in an employee

4. What certifications are required, what certifications are a plus?

In order to join Prediqnous the required and necessary certificate is CEH. The candidate can be a certified ethical hacker from Prediqnous itself/EC council/or any other registered company. It will also help if the candidate has CCNA or Microsoft certificates.

5. What are the characteristics or traits of the top testers you have at the moment?

Prediqnous offers IT Security Training as well as Cyber Crime consulting solutions in the IT security field that can comply with the highest levels of satisfaction and confidentiality. We are the team of highly qualified and experienced experts who have more than 5 years of experience in IT security field.

6. If I were to ask your pentesters about working for your company what would they say?

Now that’s a very tricky question. I can answer this question as I am one of the employees. I can't speak for my colleagues but working in our company is a real fun. I am enjoying it truly. I appreciate the high-spirited environment around me. Even if I do something wrong there is an understanding and the time to fix the mistake. I am sure that all the other pentesters would answer you the same.

7. What is the average tenure of the testers working here?

The average tenure of testing persons of age 22-30 is minimum of 4 years.

8. What is the strategic direction of the company? How do you involve testers in this strategy?

Our Mission is: There are only four major goals or pillars on which our company is standing and those include:

• To become the largest IT Security Service Provider across the world.
• Be a highly effective, lean & fast-moving organization.
• Provide best IT Security experts to the IT Industry by providing them best IT Security Training.
• Be the Brand.

In order to achieve these goals we hire creative people and we provide them with a stress-free environment.

9. What value can pentesters lend to the strategic mission of the company?

Our company's culture is founded on a commitment to improve continually and monitor the professionalism of each and every one of our employees, the processes and the security technologies we use. We know that by investing in these key areas we can lead to a position as the leading provider in our industry - which in turn enables us to enhance the security industry in general through sharing the best practices. The company understands the importance and the value of clients' security and we meet their needs. The pentesters' task is to not leave a single loophole or backdoor that will help attackers to gain the access.

10. What is the greatest challenge pentesters face in your company?

I haven't had any problematic challenges up till now. It’s true that challenges come with a deep thinking of finding vulnerabilities in complex sites, but it doesn't cause any complications.

11. What makes your company superior to your competitors? How do you attract TOP pentesters?

Prediqnous is an Information Security consulting and training company providing IT solutions & consultation to Educational Institutes & Corporate across India. With great experience in the IT Security field, our team is one of the biggest and most trusted in the country.

Prediqnous offers It Security Training as well as Cyber Crime consulting solutions in the IT security field that can comply with the highest levels of satisfaction and confidentiality. We are a team of highly qualified and experienced experts who have more than 5 years of experience in IT security field.

Prediqnous provides the training platform for various information security certification courses in Information Security, Network Security & Cyber forensics. The certifications, with their global acceptance and recognition open up a broad spectrum of career opportunities in the international IT security scenario. Prediqnous’ certificate courses help you to launch a career or improve your skills.

Our company culture is founded on a commitment to improve continually and monitor the professionalism of each and every one of our employees, the processes and the security technologies we use. We know that by investing in these key areas we can lead to the position as leading provider in our business - which in turn enables us to improve the security industry in general through the sharing of best practices. Our Company understands the importance and value that you place on your security needs.

For more details, go to www.prediqnous.com now.

12. What are your core values, and what traits do you look for while recruiting pentesters?

The core values include the work experience they have in penetration testing, the certifications they have done, the mental ability, the situations or circumstances in which they can work, the creativity.