Penetration Testing Fundamentals: A Hands-On Guide to Reliable Security Audits (Pearson IT Cybersecurity Curriculum (ITCC))

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.