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Book 5: Testing Your Security
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7 Sections
31 Lessons
10 Weeks
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Vulnerability and Penetration Testing
6
1.1
Straightening Out the Terminology
10 mins
1.2
Recognizing How Malicious Attackers Beget Ethical Hackers
10 mins
1.3
Understanding the Need to Hack Your Own Systems
10 mins
1.4
Understanding the Dangers Your Systems Face
10 mins
1.5
Following the Security Assessment Principles
10 mins
1.6
Using the Vulnerability and Penetration Testing Process
10 mins
Chapter 2: Cracking the Hacker Mindset
5
2.1
What You’re Up Against
10 mins
2.2
Who Breaks into Computer Systems
10 mins
2.3
Why They Do It
10 mins
2.4
Planning and Performing Attacks
10 mins
2.5
Maintaining Anonymity
10 mins
Chapter 3: Developing Your Security Testing Plan
4
3.1
Establishing Your Goals
10 mins
3.2
Determining Which Systems to Test
10 mins
3.3
Creating Testing Standards
10 mins
3.4
Selecting Security Assessment Tools
10 mins
Chapter 4: Hacking Methodology
6
4.1
Setting the Stage for Testing
10 mins
4.2
Seeing What Others See
10 mins
4.3
Scanning Systems
10 mins
4.4
Determining What’s Running on Open Ports
10 mins
4.5
Assessing Vulnerabilities
10 mins
4.6
Penetrating the System
10 mins
Chapter 5: Information Gathering
2
5.1
Gathering Public Information
10 mins
5.2
Mapping the Network
10 mins
Chapter 6: Social Engineering
6
6.1
Introducing Social Engineering
10 mins
6.2
Starting Your Social Engineering Tests
10 mins
6.3
Knowing Why Attackers Use Social Engineering
10 mins
6.4
Understanding the Implications
10 mins
6.5
Performing Social Engineering Attacks
10 mins
6.6
Social Engineering Countermeasures
10 mins
Chapter 7: Physical Security
2
7.1
Identifying Basic Physical Security Vulnerabilities
10 mins
7.2
Pinpointing Physical Vulnerabilities in Your Office
10 mins
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