S1 E22 – Jon Helmus: Cyber Security, Pen Testing, Red Teaming, the vulnerability of developer tools like Firebase & much more!

Today’s guest is Veteran turned Cyber Security Expert – Jon Helmus.

In this episode we discuss:

  • How he got into Cyber Security
  • The difference between Government Cyber vs Commercial
  • What his day to day looks like
  • What is Red Teaming
  • Vulnerabilities of third party developer tools like Firebase
  • and much much more!


🌎 Connect with Jon
You can find Jon on Twitter @Moos1e_Moose, on LinkedIn & on his website.

🔎 Resources discussed in the show



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