Master the concepts and techniques that will help you gain the PT0-001 certification on your first attempt
About This Book
* Identify security flaws and manage system vulnerabilities
* Prepare reports to preset your findings
* Gauge your penetration testing skills by attempting practice questions
Who This Book Is For
This book is meant for security professionals trying to get a better understanding of penetration testing and those seeking the CompTIA PenTest+ certification. The certification exam takers should have an understanding of computers, networks, and basic security principles.
What You Will Learn
* How to plan and scope a penetration test
* Learn about various information gathering tools and techniques
* How to identify and exploit key vulnerabilities in systems
* Get hands-on experience with numerous attacks and exploits
* Explore a huge array of penetration testing tools
* Learn how to report the findings of penetration tests
* Understand the importance of proper communications throughout a penetration test
* Prepare to successfully pass the CompTIA PenTest+ exam
In Detail
CompTIA PenTest+ is a recommended certification for security professionals and penetration testers which demonstrate the candidate's skill to perform vulnerability scanning and penetration testing.
The book follows CompTIA's official exam objectives for certification, starting with fundamentals and planning prerequisites for penetration tests. You will understand about the various methods of information gathering and vulnerability assessment. Once you've grasped all this, you'll move on to learning various attack and exploitation techniques through the concepts of social engineering, physical and network security and post-exploitation techniques. As you progress, you'll be equipped to work with the various penetration tools and techniques with a focus on Nmap in depth. You will also be introduced to programming and scripting through BASH, PowerShell, Ruby and Python. You will also learn best practices to report and present your findings. The book will have quiz type questions at the end of each chapter to help you get a hands-on experience before attempting the CompTIA PenTest+ certification exam.
By the end of this book, readers will have the information required to pass the CompTIA PenTest+ exam and master their penetration testing skills.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Maße
Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 191 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-83855-015-8 (9781838550158)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Lee McWhorter has been involved in the PC revolution since his first PC, a Commodore VIC-20, on which he taught himself to program BASIC. He has stayed involved ever since. Along the way Lee learned about hacking and the Net using dial-up; Linux before it was a 1.0 kernel; managed and defended countless networks and websites; supported every major operating system; and has written applications in numerous languages.
Lee has an MBA in Economics & Finance and has held positions which have spanned from the server room to the Board room across multiple industries. Lee has also designed and taught programming, networking, and security courses for Tulane, ITT, Midwestern, and Woz U; as well as for CEU and certification level training firms.
Over time Lee has earned many certifications, including most (likely all by time of publication...) of those from CompTIA. He was thrilled to become one of the first 400 people in the world to obtain a PenTest+ Certification by passing the beta version of the exam and to have created and taught the PenTest+ Train the Trainer Series to a world-wide audience for the CompTIA Instructor Network in the Summer of 2018.
Lee currently runs his own IT Consulting, Services, and Security firm, McWhorter Technologies. In his free time, Lee is a Big Brother in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program and is a Board Member of a wonderful animal rescue charity, Amen for Animals.
