Welcome to the Security Rookies Website
You can call it an internship, you can call it slave labor, or you can call it a bunch of hackers hanging out. The Security Rookies – aka – “the rookies” are a group of people that are interested in learning hands-on security concepts from Joe McCray. They are tasked with doing security research, writing documentation, proof-reading/editing IT Security courseware, and assisting on penetration tests and incident response engagements.
What is required:
- Regular meetings shall be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays via Skype. Best effort shall be made to attend. If one cant attend, prior notice shall be given to team lead asap.
- Special meetings may be held at any time when called for by the team lead. Best effort must be made to attend or otherwise obtain the information from the meeting.
- Agendas will include discussing assignments, penetration tests, etc …
- If more than two consecutive weeks are missed with no contact, team member shall be dismissed.
- Best effort to complete assignments by due date shall be made. Notify team lead of any expected delays.
What are the Benefits/Perks:
- Free access to IT security courses from Strategic Security (access granted based on work output)
- Joe McCray will pay for your certifications exams based on work output
- You may assist Strategic Security consultants on pentests, and other security engagements
After 1 year of being a rookie with satisfactory work output – Joe will take you to conference (ex: Black Hat, Def Con) and pay the basic travel expenses such as Airfare, Hotel, and Meals.
If you are interested in joining – you can contact Joe McCray via email at: joe [ -at- ] strategicsec.com
Posted on August 14, 2011, in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. 75 Comments.
Hi J0e.
How can we register?
Would love to hear more about this!
Trying to find out whether it can be juggled with current assignment (and timezone) or not.
Thanks
How do i sign up? Highly Interested in this great opportunity.
prerequisites? & how do we register/apply?
Where do I sign up? More info would be appreciated.
I’m also interested! Please let me know where i can register.
Would love to hear more about this!
I’d love to be a part of this…currently enrolled in a Masters of Information Systems program at the UoP online. Eager to learn. Suffered an SQL injection attack on my wifi network and laptop…looking to fix it now. Currently I’m using a back up computer.
I would like more information as well…
Would love to be a part of this how does one register?
Count me in for info as well.
I’d love to know more about the selection process or what is required. Sounds like it could be a blast!
How can we register
Looks like we all want in.
Thanks for all of the great responses. I’m speaking at BSidesLA right now – I’ll be contacting everyone either tonight or tomorrow.
Yes!!! Was afraid this might turn out to be bogus.
I was a little worried as well but ever since my school dropped it’s info sec course I have been looking for a way to learn so I was willing to take the risk
I am a bit of a noob, but I am interested in this just to learn something and see if I have what it takes. I’m not really 100% sure I could do it. If I could, it would be pretty damn awesome. I at least would like to gather further info on what you’re looking for.
I’m interested too, please contact me with the details!
+1
I’d definitely like to sign up to do this.
Hmm.. I still haven’t heard anything… Also I just realized there is another Sean wonder if that’s why?
also still haven’t heard a thing….
J0e we are anxiously waiting
i am very interested in this…….
please keep us posted…..
I want in as well!
sign me up!
+1
I’m really intresed on this let me how I can join and learn from all of you
pleas keep me post it this is a great opportunity and thank you in advances
J0e I would be very interested in this. Please hit me up whenever you have time.
interesting..
I’m interested.
Interested, count me in please!
Interested. Keep me posted.
Sign me up!!!
Please sign me up! Very interested.
Very interested in this opportunity. Please let me know how I can be a part.
email: fornalmichael@gmail.com
twitter: @fornalm
I would like to begin the process of applying to become a “Security Rookie” if there are still positions available, then please contact me and I can provide you with more on my background, experience and goals.
Thank you.
Robert
Interested to hear more! Wondering how much of a time commitment this is for full-time employees. Thanks!
Mr. Mccray, I hope you still have openings or a wait list. I would very much like to be considered for this. Please contact me at your earliest convenience.
I’d be interested in this also.
Is this the first test? You post something with no further info about the registration process? Do we have to hack in to your account to find out?
I’m also interested. Followed from twitter post
this would be awesome, would really like to know more about this if its still possible
I’d like to be part of the team. Not a complete rookie, but looking to strengthen my resume. How do I get involved?
I’m interested, Mr. McCray. My skype name is “josival.jr”
I’m studying Network Security in City College of San Francisco this semester, taking Firewalls, Network Security and Ethical Hacker classes with Sam Bowne, that recommended me “the rookies”. I’d like to join the group.
I have previous experience with BackTrack and Linux administration. I’m a LPIC-1.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/josivaljr
Regards,
Josival Junior
Joe’s Rookie teams are not a hoax, and after about a year, if you have a decent head on your shoulders and a thirst for knowledge, you will probably be in a pentesting gig
Hey Joe! I am interested in this, its a really good idea. Would love to hear some more details please.
Ben
count me in.. i have been hacking for seven years.. got i 5 years sentense for being a script kid..
Joe,
I’m very interested in this opportunity. I am currently an InfoSec undergraduate. Please let me know how I can be apart.
Thanks, Michael
@fornalm
Id love to be apart of this opportunity. Please let me know how
I am interested in the opportunity.
How do we sign up?
Hey, I didn’t see this until it was re-Tweeted today, but I’d be interested as well. Like others, I’m mostly new, but would love to learn and would like more details.
Sounds great, any spaces left?
Hello. My name is Tyler Wall. I am currently a Senior achieving my bachelors in Information Security. I have experience writing incident response plans, business continuity plans, disaster recover, data security and privacy. I am in the process of setting up a lab in my house so I can work on my pen-testing skills. I would love the opportunity to learn and give back to the community. InfoSec is my passion and having relative experience in the industry for when I graduate could not be more important to me right now. This sounds like the Ideal opportunity for me to prove that I work hard, have remarkable ethics and the time needed to really take full advantage of this opportunity. You can reach me at TylerEWall@gmail.com. You will not find a more humble, yet competent and hard-working candidate for this opportunity. I promise you my full attention, time and work ethic that I would give any position that pays. Knowledge is gold, and I’m looking to build a Fort Knox.
Tyler E. Wall
TylerEWall@gmail.com
J0e i’m stuck here in an RCERT using a QTip to clean my Retina, I wanna be a rookie too, hit me up when you get back from Budapest. CW3 out.
How could i register.I’ve sent an email and a twitter direct message.
Thanks.
Where do I signup?
Dear Joseph,
Would be glad to be a part of it..
I’m interested in this as well, and more info on timetables would be helpful, i’d need to make it work along with my current job.
Dante
@dantecl
count me in too
I’m also interested, provided the meetings are not held in the middle of the night in Amsterdam. Is there still room for one more?
I would like to be part of the team.
Details:
twitter: @NodeZero_Linux
Would love this jump on this opportunity…
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/don-downing/23/b5a/152
interesting. Where can one get more info? Trying to see if I can swing this between full time job and school.
Interesting. I would like to discuss and find out more.
Hello Joe,
I am also interested in an opportunity to get some hands on pentesting skills. I am located in the midwest (CST), I have a bachelor’s in Information Security, and currently working on my MS in CyberSecurity. I have a full time position managing patching, backup, and disaster recovery systems for a local MSP and would love an opportunity to get some hands on training.
Please let me know what your criteria is for applicants, as well as what you are expecting as far as time allotment and deliverables, as I do not want to waste your time by over committing or under deliverying. I have a solid work ethic and put my best foot forward in every opportunity and would love a chance to show you what I already know, and how quickly I can learn. I have some practicle knowledge and have competed in SANS Netwars before, however not to the level I would like to, and I know with some hands on experience I will succeed.
Please provide any information you can and feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Hi,
I would like to participate.
Please give me further details.
Thanks
Regards
Where do I signup for this and does it matter which country I am from?
I’d like to sign up to this offer. Thank you.
Please, count me in!
Just saw the link to this on your twitter feed. Very interested in learning more/signing up/contributing!
Dear Joe,
Again, great meeting you at Brucon last week. I am very interested in learning how I can begin to contribute and learn from this project. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. I look forward to speaking sometime again very soon!
All the best,
Bennett
@pbtomlinson
Wow so no one read the part that says “If you are interested in joining – you can contact Joe McCray via email at: joe [ -at- ] strategicsec.com” ….