Pillay - Learn Penetration Testing: Understand the Art of Penetration Testing and Develop Your White Hat Hacker Skills

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Rishalin Pillay has over 12 years' cybersecurity experience, and has acquired a vast amount of skills consulting for Fortune 500 companies while taking part in projects performing tasks in network security design, implementation, and vulnerability analysis.

He holds many certifications that demonstrate his knowledge and expertise in the cybersecurity field from vendors such as ISC2, Cisco, Juniper, Checkpoint, Microsoft, CompTIA, and more.

Rishalin currently works at a large software company as a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer.

Chris Griffin has been involved in cybersecurity since 2002, starting in Security Operations Centre (SOC) and internal penetration testing. In 2004, he became a volunteer for ISECOM, helping with work on the Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual (OSSTMM) and teaching OSSTMM certifications. This culminated in Chris becoming a board member at ISECOM in 2014.

Chris is a regular as various security conferences around the worlda list that is ever-growing. He has also reviewed several books and been a contributor to the book Hacking Linux Exposed 3rd Edition, written as an ISECOM project.

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Penetration testing can be a complex topic, especially if you are someone who is just starting out in the field. When I wrote this book, I looked at my own situation and how overwhelmed I felt when I started working in penetration testing. There is a lot of great content available online, but knowing where to start was the point that I really got stuck on. I would find content that assumes you have some knowledge of penetration testing, or knowledge of how a certain tool works, and so on.

This book is geared to those who are looking at finding a good starting point on their career within penetration testing. The objective of the book is not to teach you flashy skills that you can use to break into networks, but rather to help you gain a good understanding of the technology while practicing your skills in a controlled environment using real-world tools.

The goal of the book is to give you a good, solid understanding of penetration testing by the time you've finished reading. You will be able to fully grasp the phases of a penetration test, how to perform various techniques, and how to use various tools.

This book is intended for those who wish to learn about penetration testing, but who only have minimal or no experience with this particular topic. The ideal person to read this book either has some basic IT education and knows the basics of Linux, or is self-taught and able to pick up new skills fast, through both theory and hands-on practice. Those who already have some skills in ethical hacking may find it easier to digest the contents of this book on a faster-than-average basis.

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