How to understand us, the Pentesters
Companies and organizations are lacking a lot of understanding of how a pentester or ethical hacker is working to provide the best results possible. So in this article, we are going to focus on the parts that are still misunderstood by a lot of people when we are talking about pentesters as humans.
We are artists
Whoever sees Penetration Testing as a job or just “work”, means that you are not discussing with an expert in this field.
My statement is that we are artists, but why? It is because our everyday work is based on creativity and imagination. We consider the engagement scope as our canvas, and our keyboards are the brushes.
We have weird schedules
Do not try to fit a Penetration Tester into your normal 9–5 working hours and expect good results. It is not possible!
Some light work can be done into any time frame, like scanning, report writing, or meetings. But in reality, the hardcore work is being done at bizzaire hours, such as in the middle of the night. It was scientifically proven based on researches and surveys that humans are the most creative late in the evening. That’s when the critical findings are popped up.
