How having a student mail can help you in Info-sec.
Hello Everyone, I’m Vishal & It’s my first ever blog . So if you found any grammatical error or something missing don’t pardon me, Instead hit me with a feedback message on my twitter that will be really Appreciated .
I’m certain that your genius mind have already Figure it out from the tittle That We are going to discuss about the perks/Advantage of having student mail, So let’s begin.
Students got benefit almost everywhere and infosec domain is not exception to that as well . I have added some of most beneficial perk you get as a student in infosec domain below.
- Shodan : If you have been interested in cyber security then you must have heard of Shodan, The search engine made for hackers. It’s pretty amazing that they offer free membership to students. All you need to need to do is sign up with college mail id and you are good to go.
It’s very helpful as you can search for target organization with a single query and download the results with specific port open or service running on targeted organization. Also you can use vulnerability filter to know what vulnerabilities have been discovered by Shodan on your target.
Note : In some cases you might be required to mail at academic@shodan.io to avail benefits as your college domain might not be in their university domain list.
2. Notion : We all know documentation is equally important in security & I have realized it recently. Personally i feel Notion is best documentation tool out there with easy customization & they offer free pro membership to students so what else you want.
Process is same just enter your college email while creating your account on Notion.
3. PentesterLab : I have recently completed recon badge from Pentesterlab and I can say they are truly underrated. When they say “WE MAKE LEARNING WEB HACKING EASIER!” they mean it. After completed their exercise you feel like you have actually learned something meaningful . Moreover they offer many free exercises as well those are gem and underrated don’t know why.
Let’s get back to point what they offer to students they offer 3 months of membership at 35$ which is nothing. if you look at what they have to offer you in return.
You will be required to sign-up with university mail address to avail this offer.
4.TryHackMe : They don’t need any introduction as they cover very wide range of topics of infosec via their ctf challnge and learning rooms .
They are really good for beginner and have a lot to offer .They also offer student discount of 20% with that you can get pro membership at just 8 $ instead of 10$. Just by singing up with your college email.
5. HackTheBox-Academy : Hackthebox Academy is a very good alternative to tryhackme. They are relatively new than tryhackme & offer quite expensive membership as compared to tryhackme for non-students account .
I have done free rooms on tryhackme and free modules of Hackthebox Academy as well and if i had to choose between tryhackme and hackthebox academy, I will go with hackthebox academy.
I will prefer hackthebox academy, Because i feel they offer more organized content with better concepts explanation & modules use examples which are more useful in real world scenario.
6. PNPT : Practical Network Penetration Tester is very highly reputed certification among community members it’s offered by TCM Security.
It's said to be the More practical than OSCP with some cool perk such as almost 1/3 cost. 1 Free exam retake. It’s relatively quite new but getting popular day by day among job recruiter as well.
Already having a very affordable pricing .They offer extra 20% discount for students to avail the offer you will need to email certifications@tcm-sec.com from a valid educational address or provide proof of current enrollment.
7. Azure : Microsoft azure is one of the leading cloud a public cloud computing platform . You can use Azure to deploy your vps from wide range of locations or other cloud related usage your work demand.
They offer 100$ credit for students with valid education mail or who have verified student git-hub account.I have found their interface very easy to use then other cloud service provider.
8.AliBaba Cloud: Alibaba cloud offer multiple perks to students. You can check them here. If you are not interested in their certificate and training that they have to offer.
You may create a basic vps for general usage, the vps they offer is not for high end usage but work well for normal usage. Best part is you can create it without credit card by using paytm wallet as payment method. (Here Might be advantage only for Indian people.).
Note: They will require your student id card for student id verification your email id wouldn’t play important role here.
9. Some Other : these are not directly related to infosec domain but might be helpful in productivity.
Canva pro : canva offer 119$ worth premium for free .Which is really a great deal for content creator . It’s part of github student pack.
Microsoft Office 365 : Students and educators are eligible for Office 365 Education for free, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and now Microsoft Teams, plus additional classroom tools. All you need is a valid school email address. You will also get 1TB of OneDrive Storage too .
Github Student Pack : It’s a true gem for developer they offer thousands of dollars worth of benefits which include wide range of products such as:-vps credit, learning subscription , IDE ,Discount on arduino ,Free .tech domain and………. so on list is really big just check them out here.
I have tried my best to add as many major benefits of student email possible for me. Yet if you have something interesting to add in this list let me know , I will more than happy to add them ASAP.
I hope you have enjoy reading this blog by far or learned something interesting. If thats the case, You may prefer to share it with others as well.
I will continue posting at-least 1 blog per month related to info sec . For any query and feedback connect with me on twitter with that saying bye bye until next time.
