Kevin Cardwell - Building Virtual Pentesting Labs for Advanced Penetration Testing

Kevin Cardwell currently works as a freelance consultant and provides consulting services for companies all over the world. He developed the Strategy and Training Development Plan for the first Government CERT in the country of Oman and developed the team to man the first Commercial Security Operations Center there. He has worked extensively with banks and financial institutions throughout the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and the UK. He currently provides consultancy services to commercial companies, governments, major banks, and financial institutions across the globe. He is the author of the book Backtrack Testing Wireless Network Security , Packt Publishing .

This book is dedicated to Loredana for her support during the countless long hours; Aspen, for the enjoyment she has provided as she became a young lady; my mother, Sally, for instilling in me the importance of reading; and my father, Darrell, for showing me an incredible work ethic. Without all of them, this book would not have been possible.

Praveen Darshanam has over seven years of experience in Information Security with companies such as McAfee, Cisco Systems, and iPolicy Networks. His core expertise and passions are Vulnerability Research, Application Security and Malware Analysis, Signature Development, Snort, and much more. He pursued a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Engineering degree in Control and Instrumentation from one of the premier institutes of India. He holds industry certifications such as CHFI, CEH, and ECSA. He is a known Ethical Hacking trainer in India. He also blogs at http://blog.disects.com/.

I would like to thank my parents, sister, brother, wife, and son for their everlasting love, encouragement, and support.

Steven McElrea has been working in IT for over 10 years as a Microsoft Windows and Exchange Server administrator. Having been bitten by the security bug, he's been playing around and learning about InfoSec for several years now. He has a nice little blog (www.kioptrix.com) that does its best to show and teach newcomers the basic principles of information security. He is currently working in security professionally and he loves it. The switch to InfoSec is the best career move he has made.

I would like to thank everyone around me for putting up with me over the years. Big thanks to Aaron Woody (@shaisaint) for all the great Twitter conversations over the last few months. A special thanks goes out to my parents; without them, I wouldn't be the person I am today.

Sachin Raste is a leading security expert with over 18 years of experience in the field of Network Management and Information Security. With his team, he has designed, streamlined, and integrated networks, applications, and IT processes for some of the big business houses in India, and has successfully helped them achieve Business Continuity. He has also reviewed the book Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook , Packt Publishing . He can be followed on twitter at @essachin.

First and foremost, I'd like to thank my wife, my son, and my close group of friends, without whom everything in this world would have seemed impossible.

I would also like to thank everyone at MalwareMustDie NPO, a group of White hat security researchers who tackle malware, for their immense inspiration and support.

Abhinav Singh is a young information security specialist from India. He has a keen interest in the field of Information Security and has adopted it as his full-time profession. His core work areas include malware analysis, network security, and system and enterprise security. He is also the author of the books Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook and Instant Wireshark published by Packt Publishing.

Abhinav's work has been quoted in several Infosec magazines and portals. He shares his day-to-day security encounters on www.securitycalculus.com. Currently, he is working as a cyber security engineer for JP Morgan.

You can contact him at <>. His Twitter ID is @abhinavbom.

Aaron M. Woody is a security consultant specializing in penetration testing, security operations development, and security architecture. He is a speaker and instructor and teaches hacking and security concepts. He is currently pursuing the OSCP certification to add to his more than 16 years of experience in teaching. Aaron is the author of the book Enterprise Security A Data-Centric Approach to Securing the Enterprise , Packt Publishing .

He also maintains a blog at www.datacentricsec.com. He can be followed on Twitter at @shaisaint.