Setting Up for Advanced Penetration Testing Techniques

Learning the methodology and techniques of performing penetration testing is always exciting. While many professionals may focus on specific types of penetration testing, such as internal or external network penetration testing, social engineering penetration testing, or even web application security testing, it’s always beneficial to understand how to perform wireless penetration testing and how to compromise a Microsoft Windows domain in an enterprise environment.

In this chapter, you will learn how to set up an Active Directory domain environment that will enable you to perform advanced penetration testing exercises such as red teaming techniques to discover security vulnerabilities and compromise the Domain Controller, taking over the domain of the organization. Red teaming focuses on a very comprehensive security assessment of an organization’s cyber defenses, physical security controls, technologies, processes...