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Author Wilhelm, Thomas.

Title Professional penetration testing : creating and operating a formal hacking lab / by Thomas Wilhelm.

Imprint Rockland, Mass. : Syngress ; Oxford : Elsevier Science [distributor], ©2010.

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 504 pages)
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computer c rdamedia
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Summary Save yourself some money! This complete classroom-in-a-book on penetration testing provides material that can cost upwards of $1,000 for a fraction of the price! Thomas Wilhelm has delivered pen testing training to countless security professionals and now through the pages of this book you can benefit from his years of experience as a professional penetration tester and educator. After reading this book you will be able to create a personal penetration test lab that can deal with real-world vulnerability scenarios. Penetration testing is the act of testing a network to find security vulnerabilities before they are exploited by phishers, digital piracy groups, and countless other organized or individual malicious hackers. The material presented will be useful to beginners all the way through to advanced practitioners. Find out how to turn hacking and pen testing skills into a professional career Understand how to conduct controlled attacks on a network through real-world examples of vulnerable and exploitable servers Master project management skills necessary for running a formal penetration test and setting up a professional ethical hacking business Discover metrics and reporting methodologies that provide experience crucial to a professional penetration tester Learn through video - the DVD includes instructional videos that replicate classroom instruction and live, real-world vulnerability simulations of complete servers with known and unknown vulnerabilities to practice hacking skills in a controlled lab environment.
Contents PART I -- Setting Up -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Ethics and Hacking -- Chapter 3: Hacking as a Career -- Chapter 4: Setting up Your Lab -- Chapter 5: Creating and Using PenTest Targets in Your Lab -- Chapter 6: Methodologies -- Chapter 7: PenTest Metrics -- Chapter 8: Management of a PenTest -- PART II -- Running a PenTest -- Chapter 9: Information Gathering -- Chapter 10: Vulnerability Identification -- Chapter 11: Vulnerability Verification -- Chapter 12: Compromising a System and Privilege Escalation -- Chapter 13: Maintaining Access -- Chapter 14: Covering Your Tracks -- PART III -- Wrapping Everything Up -- Chapter 15: Reporting Results -- Chapter 16: Archiving Data -- Chapter 17: Cleaning Up Your Lab -- Chapter 18: Planning for Your Next PenTest.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Print version record.
Subject Computer security -- Examinations -- Practice.
Sécurité informatique -- Examens -- Pratique.
COMPUTERS -- Internet -- Security.
COMPUTERS -- Networking -- Security.
COMPUTERS -- Security -- General.
Computer networks -- Security measures.
Computer networks -- Testing.
Computer hackers.
Hackers
Computer networks -- Security measures
Computer networks -- Testing
Other Form: Print version: Wilhelm, Thomas. Professional penetration testing. Rockland, Mass. : Syngress ; Oxford : Elsevier Science [distributor], 2009 9781597494250 (OCoLC)297149679
ISBN 9780080960944 (electronic bk.)
0080960944 (electronic bk.)
1282309250
9781282309258
9781597494250
1597494259
9781597494663
1597494666 (DVD)
Standard No. AU@ 000045964128
AU@ 000048788729
AU@ 000058583845
CHNEW 001009462
DEBBG BV042305310
DEBBG BV043606467
DEBSZ 355444038
DEBSZ 372892671
DEBSZ 405326130
DEBSZ 430797125
DKDLA 820120-katalog:9910110480605765
HEBIS 291514278
NZ1 15189200
UKMGB 017549541

 
    
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