Eric Escobar: Collaboration is key. [Pen tester] [Career Notes]

S2E100 - Eric Escobar: Collaboration is key. [Pen tester] [Career Notes]

Published: December 21, 2025

Duration: 8:42

Please enjoy this encore of Career Notes.

Principal consultant and pen tester at Secureworks, Eric Escobar, shares his career path translating his childhood favorite Legos to civil engineering and pivoting to cybersecurity. Eric was always headed toward engineering and got both his bachelor and master degrees in civil engineering. Upon breaking into a network with a friend, he was bitten by the cybersecurity bug. Making the switch to the red team and basically becoming a bankrobber for hire, Eric tests the security of many companies' networks. He feels that curiosity is an essential trait for cybersecurity and c...

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