Penetration Testing Fundamentals: A Hands-On Guide to Reliable Security Audits

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Features

• The first expert one-volume guide to pentesting concepts, terminology, issues, theory, standards -- and above all, practical skills
• Covers the entire penetration testing project lifecycle
• Includes a sample start-to-finish pentest project using free open source tools
• Contains quizzes, labs, and review sections to build mastery and support any pentesting course
• Recommended text for the Pearson IT Cybersecurity Curriculum course on Penetration Testing

Description

The perfect introduction to pen testing for all IT professionals and students

·         Clearly explains key concepts, terminology, challenges, tools, and skills

·         Covers the latest penetration testing standards from NSA, PCI, and NIST

Welcome to today’s most useful and practical introduction to penetration testing. Chuck Easttom brings together up-to-the-minute coverage of all the concepts, terminology, challenges, and skills you’ll need to be effective.

Drawing on decades of experience in cybersecurity and related IT fields, Easttom integrates theory and practice, covering the entire penetration testing life cycle from planning to reporting.

You’ll gain practical experience through a start-to-finish sample project relying on free open source tools. Throughout, quizzes, projects, and review sections deepen your understanding and help you apply what you’ve learned.

Including essential pen testing standards from NSA, PCI, and NIST, Penetration Testing Fundamentals will help you protect your assets–and expand your career options.

LEARN HOW TO

·         Understand what pen testing is and how it’s used

·         Meet modern standards for comprehensive and effective testing

·         Review cryptography essentials every pen tester must know

·         Perform reconnaissance with Nmap, Google searches, and ShodanHq

·         Use malware as part of your pen testing toolkit

·         Test for vulnerabilities in Windows shares, scripts, WMI, and the Registry

·         Pen test websites and web communication

·         Recognize SQL injection and cross-site scripting attacks

·         Scan for vulnerabilities with OWASP ZAP, Vega, Nessus, and MBSA

·         Identify Linux vulnerabilities and password cracks

·         Use Kali Linux for advanced pen testing

·         Apply general hacking technique ssuch as fake Wi-Fi hotspots and social engineering

·         Systematically test your environment with Metasploit

·         Write or customize sophisticated Metasploit exploits

Sample Content

Table of Contents

• Care of Children with Cardiovascular Dysfunction
• 1 Cardiac Catheterization
• 2 Congenital Heart Disease
• 3 Congestive Heart Failure
• 4 Hypertension
• 5 Infective Endocarditis
• 6 Rheumatic Fever
• Care of Children with Endocrine Dysfunction
• 1 Diabetes Insipidus
• 2 Diabetes Mellitus
• 3 Syndrome of Inappropriate Secretion of Antidiuretic Hormone
• Care of Children with Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalance
• 1 Burns
• 2 Diarrhea, Dehydration, and Gastrointeritis
• Care of Children with Gastrointestinal Dysfunction
• 1 Appendicitis
• 2 Bowel Obstruction
• 3 Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate
• 4 Esophageal Atresia and Tracheoesophageal Fistula
• 5 Gastroesophageal Reflux
• 6 Hirschsprung Disease
• 7 Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• 8 Pyloric Stenosis
• 9 Short-Bowel Syndrome (Short-Gut Syndrome)
• Care of Children with Hemopoietic Dysfunction And Neoplasms
• 1 Hemophilia
• 2 Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura
• 3 Neoplasms
• 4 Sickle Cell Disease
• Care of Children with Hepatic Dysfunction
• 1 Chronic Liver Failure
• Care of Children with Infections
• 1 Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
• 2 Cellulitis
• 3 Kawasaki Disease
• Care of Children with Musculoskeletal Dysfunction
• 1 Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
• 2 Fractures
• 3 Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
• 4 Osteomyelitis
• 5 Scoliosis
• 6 Septic Arthritis
• Care of Children with Neurologic/Neuromuscular Dysfunction
• 1 Cerebral Palsy
• 2 Guillain-Barré Syndrome
• 3 Hydrocephalus
• 4 Bacterial Meningitis
• 5 Neural Tube Defects (Spina Bifida and Myelomeningocele)
• 6 Seizures
• Care of Children with Pulmonary Dysfunction
• 1 Apnea of Infancy (AOI)
• 2 Asthma/Reactive Airway Disease
• 3 Bronchiolitis
• 4 Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
• 5 Cystic Fibrosis
• 6 Foreign Body Aspiration
• 7 Laryngotracheobronchitis/Viral Croup
• 8 Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
• 9 Pneumonia
• 10 Tuberculosis
• Care of Children with Urogenital Dysfunction
• 1 Acute Glomerulonephritis
• 2 Chronic Renal Failure
• 3 Nephrotic Syndrome
• 4 Vesicoureteral Reflux
• 5 Urinary Tract Infection/Pyelonephritis
• Care of Children with Failure to Thrive
• 1 Failure to Thrive
• Care of Children Who Have Been Maltreated
• 1 Child Maltreatment

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