Professional Penetration Testing

Foreword

This book is a divergence from most books as it discusses professional penetration testing from conception to completion. Rather than focusing solely on information system vulnerability identification and exploitation, by the end of this book we will have examined all aspects of a professional penetration test, including project management, organizational structures, team building, career development, metrics, reporting, test-data archival methods, risk management, and training … in addition to … information gathering, vulnerability identification, vulnerability exploitation, privilege escalation, maintaining access, and covering our tracks.

The second factor that makes this book unique is the inclusion of two video courses, designed ...