An invaluable book and DVD package, "Professional Penetration Testing: Creating and Operating a Formal Hacking Lab" is designed to replicate the experience of in-classroom, instructor-led, penetration testing training, which costs the typical security professional (or their employer) $1,000 or more for the courses alone, plus T&E, and days upon days of non-billable hours. Expert author Thomas Wilhelm has delivered exactly this type of penetration testing training to countless security professionals and, for the first time, provides his years of experience, training, expertise, labs, and real-world vulnerability scenarios in a single book/DVD retail product. Penetration testing is the act of testing one's own network (or that of a client) to find security vulnerabilities before these exact same holes are found and more importantly exploited by phishers, digital piracy groups, and almost countless other organized or individual malicious hackers. Addressing the profession holistically and practically, the material presented in this book targets all levels of hacking skills, benefiting both management and engineers in the trenches.
This book bridges the gap between theoretical and hands-on knowledge of professional hacking techniques, targeting information systems and networks. It includes everything required to establish a secure hacking lab, learn methodologies, conduct attacks, and use real-world examples of vulnerable and exploitable servers. This unique book and DVD package delivers for the first time the art and science of penetration testing in a retail product. Its focus on establishing a formal penetration testing laboratory bridges the gap between a talented hacker and a professional who can turn those skills into an actual career. Integration of project management workflow in penetration testing gives security managers the knowledge and skillset necessary for running a formal penetration tests and setting up a professional ethical hacking business. Details on metrics and reporting provide experience crucial to a professional penetration tester with actual clients, an area in which many amateur hackers have no knowledge or other means for learning.
The DVD includes instructional videos to 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.
- ISBN10 0080960944
- ISBN13 9780080960944
- Publish Date 14 May 2014 (first published 14 August 2009)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Syngress Media,U.S.
- Format eBook
- Pages 750
- Language English