Preface

Attacks on networks are increasing, and these days, it is not so much whether your network will be breached, but when. The stakes are high, and the training most Windows engineers get is weak in in-depth defense. You have to think like an attacker to know what really needs protection in your network. We are dedicated to your success in protecting your network and the data that your organization runs on. The stakeholders include your customers, whose personal data can be exploited. There is no peace of mind in hoping and praying your network is secure, and hope is not a strategy. Welcome to the fascinating world of network penetration testing with the Kali security platform.

As a working hacker, you need the most compact and complete toolset for the largest proportion of conditions. This book helps you prepare for and conduct network testing, surveillance, infiltration, penetration tests, advanced persistent threat detection, and forensics on the most commonly hacked operating system family on the planet, Microsoft Windows, using the most compact and flexible toolset on the planet—Kali Linux.