PACKT KALI LINUX ASSURING SECURITY BY PENETRATION TESTING 2014 RETAIL

TITLE: KALI LINUX: ASSURING SECURITY BY PENETRATION TESTING
PUBLISHER: PACKT LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LINK: http://is.gd/iRbsGD RELEASE TYPE: RETAIL
FORMAT: PDF RELEASE DATE: 2014.07.02
ISBN: 9781849519489 STORE DATE: 2014
SAVED.MONEY: 41 DOLLAR DISKCOUNT: 02 x 05MB
AUTHOR: TEDI HERIYANTO, LEE ALLEN, SHAKEEL ALI

BOOK

Master the art of penetration testing with Kali Linux

Overview
* Learn penetration testing techniques with an in-depth
coverage of Kali Linux distribution * Explore the insights and
importance of testing your corporate network systems before the
hackers strike * Understand the practical spectrum of security
tools by their exemplary usage, configuration, and benefits

In Detail

Kali Linux is a comprehensive penetration testing platform with
advanced tools to identify, detect, and exploit the
vulnerabilities uncovered in the target network environment. With
Kali Linux, you can apply appropriate testing methodology with
defined business objectives and a scheduled test plan, resulting
in a successful penetration testing project engagement

Kali Linux - Assuring Security By Penetration Testing is a fully
focused, structured book providing guidance on developing
practical penetration testing skills by demonstrating
cutting-edge hacker tools and techniques with a coherent
step-by-step approach. This book offers you all of the essential
lab preparation and testing procedures that reflect real-world
attack scenarios from a business perspective, in today's digital
age

Starting with lab preparation and testing procedures that explain
the basic installation and configuration set up, this guide then
focuses on discussing types of penetration testing (black-box and
white-box), uncovering open security testing methodologies, and
proposing the Kali Linux specific testing process. A number of
security assessment tools are discussed, including those
necessary to conduct penetration testing in their respective
categories, following the formal testing methodology. Each of
these tools have been annotated with real-world examples in
context of highlighting their practical usage and proven
configuration techniques. Extra weaponry treasure is also
provided, and key resources that may be crucial to any
professional penetration tester are cited in this book

What you will learn from this book
* Develop the Kali Linux environment in your test lab by
installing, configuring, running, and updating its core system
components * Draw a formal Kali Linux testing methodology * Scope
your target with definitive test requirements, limitations
business objectives, and schedule the test plan * Practically
exercise a number of security tools from Kali Linux, logically
divided into sub-categories 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 * Assess your target information system's environment
built with various technologies, such as web applications
network administration servers, workstations, Cisco devices
firewalls, load balancers, routers, switches, intrusion detection
and prevention devices, and many more * Examine and research the
vulnerability in a greater detail before attempting to exploit it
* Exploit human vulnerability by wrapping yourself with an art
of deception to acquire the target