Penetration Testing Fundamentals: A Hands-On Guide to Reliable Security Audits

Easttom, C.

ISBN 10: 0789759373 / ISBN 13: 9780789759375

Published by Pearson, 2018

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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,800grams, ISBN:9780789759375.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Penetration Testing Fundamentals: A Hands-On Guide to Reliable Security Audits
• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0789759373
• ISBN 13: 9780789759375
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 800 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Computing

About this title

Synopsis

Leading security expert, researcher, instructor, and author Chuck Easttom II has brought together all the essential knowledge in a single comprehensive guide that covers the entire penetration testing lifecycle. Easttom integrates concepts, terminology, challenges, and theory, and walks you through every step, from planning to effective post-test reporting. He presents a start-to-finish sample project relying on free open source tools, as well as quizzes, labs, and review sections throughout. Penetration Testing Fundamentals is also the only book to cover pentesting standards from NSA, PCI, and NIST.

About the Author

Chuck Easttom has many years of practical experience in all aspects of IT. He holds a Doctor of Science in CyberSecurity, a Ph.D. in Technology, and 3 masters degrees(including 1 in applied computer science and 1 in systems engineering). He has authored 30 computer science books ( so far) and is an inventor with fifteen computer science patents, and numerous research papers on topics such as digital forensics, cyber warfare,engineering processes,cryptography, and other areas.
He was a subject matter expert for CompTIA in the creation of their Security+, Linux+,and Server+certification tests and on the Job Task Analysis team for CEH v8. He created the OSForensics certification test and course.  He currently holds  over 55 IT certifications (A+,Network+, iNet+, Linux+,Server+,MCP, MCAD, MCSA, MCSE, MCDBA,MCTS,MCITP, CEH, CHFI, CISSP, CCFP, ISSAP,and more).


Dr. Easttom is frequently a speaker on computer science related topics,often specifically on computer security and related subjects. In the past he has been a speaker at: Hacker Halted, TakedownCon, Secure World, ISC2 Security Congress, Harvard Computer Society, Columbia University ACM chapter, University of Texasat Dallas ACM Chapter, Southern Methodist University Research Colloquium, Hakon India, Defcon, Enfuse, to name a few. He has spoken on the history of viruses, cryptographic back doors,cryptanalysis, cyber warfare and terrorism,  the details  of the cryptographic algorithms,quantum computing, engineering processes,  forensic report writing, and other computer science and security topics.  He is also a Distinguished Speaker of the ACM, as well as a Senior Member of the ACM and a Senior Member of the IEEE and a member of INCOSE and IACR.