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Offensive Security Using Python

You're reading from   Offensive Security Using Python A hands-on guide to offensive tactics and threat mitigation using practical strategies

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835468166
Length 248 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Rejah Rehim Rejah Rehim
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Manindar Mohan Manindar Mohan
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1:Python for Offensive Security
2. Chapter 1: Introducing Offensive Security and Python FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Python for Security Professionals – Beyond the Basics 4. Part 2: Python in Offensive Web Security
5. Chapter 3: An Introduction to Web Security with Python 6. Chapter 4: Exploiting Web Vulnerabilities Using Python 7. Chapter 5: Cloud Espionage – Python for Cloud Offensive Security 8. Part 3: Python Automation for Advanced Security Tasks
9. Chapter 6: Building Automated Security Pipelines with Python Using Third-Party Tools 10. Chapter 7: Creating Custom Security Automation Tools with Python 11. Part 4: Python Defense Strategies for Robust Security
12. Chapter 8: Secure Coding Practices with Python 13. Chapter 9: Python-Based Threat Detection and Incident Response 14. Index 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating Custom Security Automation Tools with Python

The ability to detect, respond to, and mitigate attacks quickly is important in today’s rapidly changing cybersecurity landscape. With the increasing volume and complexity of cyber-attacks, manual security approaches are no longer sufficient to keep up with the changing threat landscape. As a result, organizations are prioritizing automation as an important part of their cybersecurity strategy.

This chapter, a continuation of the previous one, focuses on the craft of creating custom security automation tools with Python. Each stage of the development process is thoroughly covered, from conceptualizing the design to integrating external data sources and APIs, as well as expanding capabilities with Python libraries and frameworks.

In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following main topics:

  • Designing and developing tailored security automation tools
  • Integrating external data sources and APIs for...
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