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Hacking For Dummies - Sixth Edition

By : Kevin Beaver
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Hacking For Dummies - Sixth Edition

By: Kevin Beaver

Overview of this book

In order to outsmart a hacker, you need to get into the hacker’s mindset. And with this book, thinking like a bad guy has never been easier. In Hacking For Dummies, expert author Kevin Beaver shares his knowledge on penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, security best practices, and every aspect of ethical hacking that is essential in order to stop a hacker in their tracks. Whether you’re worried about your laptop, smartphone, or desktop computer being compromised, this book helps you learn how to recognize the vulnerabilities in your systems and protect them from attacks. You’ll learn the security testing techniques that are based on the information security best practices. You’ll learn how to establish a comprehensive testing plan and plug the holes in your system. The later chapters will teach you how to manage an ongoing security testing program. By the end of the book, you’ll have the knowledge to successfully implement a security assessment program, perform proper security checks, and put the proper countermeasures in place to keep external hackers and malicious users in check.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Cover
10
About the Author
11
Advertisement Page
12
Connect with Dummies
13
Index
14
End User License Agreement

About the Author

Kevin Beaver is an independent information security consultant, expert witness, professional speaker, and writer with Atlanta-based Principle Logic, LLC. He has over three decades of experience in IT and has spent a quarter of a century working in security. Kevin specializes in performing independent information security assessments for corporations, security product vendors, software developers/cloud service providers, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, among others. Before starting his information security consulting practice in 2001, Kevin served in various information technology (IT) and security roles for several healthcare, e-commerce, financial, and educational institutions.

Kevin has appeared on CNN television as an information security expert and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, Fortune Small Business, Women's Health, and on Inc. magazine’s technology site, IncTechnology...