Building Virtual Pentesting Labs for Advanced Penetration Testing: Build Intricate Virtual Architecture to Practice Any Penetration Testing Technique Virtually - Softcover

Cardwell, Kevin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783284773 ISBN 13: 9781783284771

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

Written in an easy-to-follow approach using hands-on examples, this book helps you create virtual environments for advanced penetration testing, enabling you to build a multi-layered architecture to include firewalls, IDS/IPS, web application firewalls, and endpoint protection, which is essential in the penetration testing world.

If you are a penetration tester, security consultant, security test engineer, or analyst who wants to practice and perfect penetration testing skills by building virtual pen testing labs in varying industry scenarios, this is the book for you. This book is ideal if you want to build and enhance your existing pentesting methods and skills. Basic knowledge of network security features is expected along with web application testing experience.

About this title

About the Author

Kevin Cardwell

Kevin Cardwell currently works as a freelance consultant and provides consulting services for companies all over the world. He developed the Strategy and Training Development Plan for the first Government CERT in the country of Oman and developed the team to man the first Commercial Security Operations Center there. He has worked extensively with banks and financial institutions throughout the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and the UK. He currently provides consultancy services to commercial companies, governments, major banks, and financial institutions across the globe. He is the author of the book Backtrack – Testing Wireless Network Security, Packt Publishing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783284773
• ISBN 13: 9781783284771
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 430