Professional Penetration Testing: Creating and Learning in a Hacking Lab

by Thomas Wilhelm ISSMP CISSP SCSECA and SCNA (Technical editor), Matthew Neely (Technical editor)

Professional Penetration Testing walks you through the entire process of setting up and running a pen test lab. Penetration testing--the act of testing a computer network to find security vulnerabilities before they are maliciously exploited--is a crucial component of information security in any organization. With this book, you will find out how to turn hacking skills into a professional career. Chapters cover planning, metrics, and methodologies; the details of running a pen test, including identifying and verifying vulnerabilities; and archiving, reporting and management practices.

Author Thomas Wilhelm has delivered penetration testing training to countless security professionals, and now through the pages of this book you can benefit from his years of experience as a professional penetration tester and educator. After reading this book, you will be able to create a personal penetration test lab that can deal with real-world vulnerability scenarios.

All disc-based content for this title is now available on the Web.

464 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2013

Reviews

[Will Pennell]

Pretty good overview. Has more on project management than I was expecting. Light on technical aspects, and more focused on process

[F]

fast reading ..
There is at least a little information on all stages of a penetration test presented in this book, and how they relate to the possible frameworks you can use. For the experienced tester this book might be a little basic..

I have to confess.. I did not read all of the book..just few chapter

[Rimiologist]

RIP mutherfucker :D