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Getting Started with Pentesting [Video]

By : Tajinder Kalsi
Book Image

Getting Started with Pentesting [Video]

By: Tajinder Kalsi

Overview of this book

<p><span id="description" class="sugar_field">With advanced hackers and threats always on the increase in our virtual world, proficiency with pentesting is an absolute necessity for individuals and organizations trying to protect their systems. </span></p> <p><span id="description" class="sugar_field">The methods and techniques contained in this video will provide you with a powerful arsenal of best practices to increase your penetration testing success. This course presents step-by-step instruction in information gathering and intelligence, and will allow you to gather the required information on the targets you are testing. The Exploitation and Post-Exploitation sections will supply you with the tools you need. The challenges at the end of each chapter are designed to test you and provide real-world situations to hone and perfect your penetration testing skills. </span></p> <h2><span class="sugar_field">Style and Approach</span></h2> <p><span class="sugar_field"><span id="trade_selling_points_c" class="sugar_field">Step-by-step instructions with challenges designed to test your skills and impart proficiency</span></span></p>
Table of Contents (5 chapters)
Chapter 2
Introduction to Penetration Testing
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Section 4
Target Scoping
Once the client’s requirements have been gathered, it is necessary to understand and define what needs to be tested and what not. Defining the scope helps in developing transparency between the client and the pentester and also setting the expectations right. - Define what needs to be tested and what not - Prepare a questionnaire to get clarity on scope - Get the questionnaire validated by the client