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Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) v12 312-50 Exam Guide

By : Dale Meredith
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Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) v12 312-50 Exam Guide

By: Dale Meredith

Overview of this book

With cyber threats continually evolving, understanding the trends and using the tools deployed by attackers to determine vulnerabilities in your system can help secure your applications, networks, and devices. To outmatch attacks, developing an attacker's mindset is a necessary skill, which you can hone with the help of this cybersecurity book. This study guide takes a step-by-step approach to helping you cover all the exam objectives using plenty of examples and hands-on activities. You'll start by gaining insights into the different elements of InfoSec and a thorough understanding of ethical hacking terms and concepts. You'll then learn about various vectors, including network-based vectors, software-based vectors, mobile devices, wireless networks, and IoT devices. The book also explores attacks on emerging technologies such as the cloud, IoT, web apps, and servers and examines prominent tools and techniques used by hackers. Finally, you'll be ready to take mock tests, which will help you test your understanding of all the topics covered in the book. By the end of this book, you'll have obtained the information necessary to take the 312-50 exam and become a CEH v11 certified ethical hacker.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
1
Section 1: Where Every Hacker Starts
10
Section 2: A Plethora of Attack Vectors
15
Section 3: Cloud, Apps, and IoT Attacks
20
Chapter 17: CEH Exam Practice Questions

Chapter 6: Vulnerability Analysis

Vulnerability management is the process of using tools, processes, and knowledge to reduce risk related to IT systems. This includes the entire life cycle, from initially discovering vulnerabilities through reporting them, prioritizing them according to business needs, remediating them through software or procedural changes, verifying that they have been fixed, and documenting lessons learned for the future.

Note that vulnerability management is not a one-time event. It's an ongoing process that needs to be revisited regularly. New vulnerabilities are discovered all the time, and old ones are fixed or become irrelevant. You need to make sure your systems are always up-to-date and that your patches are current.

In this chapter, we'll cover the following topics:

  • Vulnerability analysis – where to start
  • Vulnerability classifications
  • The life cycle
  • Ongoing scanning and monitoring

Let's dive in!

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