I am currently finishing university and I am looking for work as a penetration tester. How important is it to have legal insurance for me in Germany and do I need to organise this privately.
Of course, I will always have a written contract from the company under test! However, not all employees will be aware of the test going on.
Given this job, how important is it to have legal insurance? And can I expect that my employer will cover this, or should I get one myself? I am from Germany.
I am asking before I sign the contract, because the insurances I have seen all have the first three months as a "warm-up time" during which they don't cover legal disputes?
How advisable is it generally for an employee/citizen to have legal insurance?
icehawk can pwn us to his heart's content, subject to the following:
you're golden. The only thing to worry about is attacking privately owned equipment that happen to be connected to the company network, ie. someone's iThingy that happens to be charging at a USB port, or connected to the wireless. Your contract should spell out how to proceed at that point. – rath Dec 13 '15 at 14:27