Penetration Testing Basics (eBook)

A Quick-Start Guide to Breaking into Systems

Ric Messier (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2016 | 1st ed.
XV, 115 Seiten
Apress (Verlag)
978-1-4842-1857-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Penetration testing is the act of attempting to break into systems, networks, and software in order to determine where the bad guys might get in. By reading this book, you'll gain the foundations of a simple methodology used to perform penetration testing on systems and networks for which you are responsible.

Penetration Testing Basics explains:

• How to identify security vulnerabilities
  
• How to use some of the top security tools in order to identify holes
  
• How to read reports from testing tools
  
• Common vulnerability types and attacks
  
• Common web-based attacks and exposures as well as recommendations for               closing those holes
  

Ric Messier, MS, GCIH, GSEC, CEH, CISSP is the program director for Cyber Security, Computer Forensics and Digital Investigations and the Economic Crime Investigation bachelors' degree programs, as well as the Digital Forensic Science master's degree program at Champlain College.

Messier has been involved in the networking and security arena since the early 1980s. He has worked at large Internet service providers and small software companies developing knowledge and experience about a range of topics related to networking and security. Messier has also been involved on incident response teams and has been consulted on forensic investigations for large companies.

An established expert in the field and author, Messier has published several articles for Hackin9 Magazine, has developed number of video training titles with O'Reilly Media and has written a number of books on information security. 

 

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Learn how to break systems, networks, and software in order to determine where the bad guys might get in. Once the holes have been determined, this short book discusses how they can be fixed. Until they have been located, they are exposures to your organization. By reading Penetration Testing Basics, you'll gain the foundations of a simple methodology used to perform penetration testing on systems and networks for which you are responsible. What You Will LearnIdentify security vulnerabilitiesUse some of the top security tools to identify holesRead reports from testing toolsSpot and negate common attacksIdentify common Web-based attacks and exposures as well as recommendations for closing those holesWho This Book Is ForAnyone who has some familiarity with computers and an interest in information security and penetration testing. 

Inhalt

1. What Is Penetration Testing?   Information Security   Penetration Testing vs Security Assessments   Who does Penetration Testing2. Digging for Information   Google Hacking   Social Networking   Job Sites   Technical sources (e.g., regional Internet registries)3. What’s Open?   Port scanning   Banner grabbing4. Vulnerabilities   Scanning for vulnerabilities   Nessus vs Nexpose vs OpenVAS   Fuzzing5. Exploitation   Using Metasploit   Exploit Database6. Breaking Web Sites   Common Vulnerabilities   Web Scanning7. Reporting

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.7.2016
• Zusatzinfo: XV, 115 p. 41 illus., 34 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Berkeley
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Netzwerke ► Sicherheit / Firewall
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Programmiersprachen / -werkzeuge
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Software Entwicklung ► Qualität / Testen
• Schlagworte: Breaking • Coding • Penetration • programming • Software • Systems • TDD • test driven • Testing • Unit Test
• ISBN-10: 1-4842-1857-4 / 1484218574
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4842-1857-0 / 9781484218570