Kali Linux - Assuring Security by Penetration Testing: With Kali Linux you can test the vulnerabilities of your network and then take steps to secure it. This engaging tutorial is a comprehensive guide to this penetration testing platform, specially written for IT security professionals.
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What you will learn
Develop the Kali Linux environment in your test lab by installing, configuring, running, and updating its core system components
Perform a formal Kali Linux testing methodology
Scope your target with definitive test requirements, limitations, business objectives, and schedule the test plan
Exercise a number of security tools from Kali Linux, logically divided into subcategories of testing methodology
Practice the processes of reconnaissance, discovery, enumeration, vulnerability mapping, social engineering, exploitation, privilege escalation, and maintaining access to target for evaluation purposes
Document, report, and present your verified test results to the relevant authorities in a formal reporting structure
The overall contents of the book are quite useful and informative. I work in one of the top financial institutions (Fortune 100) where the security practices require proactive and diligent measures to be taken for all the possible threat scenarios. This is where the Penetration Testing comes in handy. It is, however, not so common in my industry to utilize open source security auditing tools to assess the threats and vulnerabilities which may exist in the network infrastructure (systems or applications). But leveraging a use of Open Source Security Toolkit (i.e. Kali Linux) in parallel provides more flexible and robust structure for conducting the pen-testing exercise. As the combination of both Open Source and Commercial security tools help in broad coverage of vulnerability intelligence. Therefore, it assures that you will not miss any major security issues which may have been existed and yet to be discovered by malicious adversary in near future. The book provides a comprehensive guidelines on the pen-testing methodology and each of its sub-process has been written in clear and concise format divided into individual chapters. The book has distinguished itself from the rest based on several factors, such as the quality of the contents, exceptionally clear and realistic examples, and theoretical explanations behind each concept in the security field.
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Joey RocketOct 07, 2014
5
Great resource for the penetration testers with up to date tools and techniques. Quite helpful for the experts to keep themselves up to the speed of understanding and learning the security technologies like Kali Linux distribution.
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gary m. williamsJun 13, 2022
5
Bought this book and its follow-on book to compliment my computer IT studies.
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