Security News > 2020 > March > Kali Linux evolution: What’s next for the open source pentesting Linux distro?

According to Jim O'Gorman, Chief Content and Strategy officer at Offensive Security and leader of the Kali team, Kali users generally fall into two buckets: highly informed, experienced professionals/hobbyist and individuals that are new to Linux in general.

"As a whole, I think it's fair to say that we build and design Kali for security professionals and hobbyists to utilize as a base platform for their work. These are individuals that could easily roll their own version of Linux for their needs, but if Kali is done right, it's a no-brainer to use it and save the work and effort that would go into building your own," he told Help Net Security.

The Kali open source project is funded and maintained by Offensive Security and Kali development is decided on and performed by a very small core team.

O'Gorman took over ownership of the Kali project from Mati Aharoni, the founder of Offensive Security and one of the original developers of BackTrack and Kali.

"On the broad strokes, I want to see Kali continue to meet the needs of being the industry-standard penetration testing platform. I want to see the pathway for community interaction continue to grow so the development of Kali is not dependent on just the core team. I want to see the quality continue to increase, the device support continue to grow, the user experience continue to be industry-leading. And I want to be able to be responsive to industry trends and directions along the way."

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