Wrightson - Advanced persistent threat hacking: the art and science of hacking any organization

Tyler Wrightson is the author of Advanced Persistent Threats as well as Wireless Network Security: A Beginners Guide. Tyler is the founder and president of Leet Systems, which provides offensive security services such as penetration testing and red teaming to secure organizations against real-world attackers. Tyler has over 13 years experience in the IT security field, with extensive experience in all forms of offensive security and penetration testing. He holds industry certifications for CISSP, CCSP, CCNA, CCDA, and MCSE. Tyler has also taught classes for CCNA certification, wireless security, and network security. He has been a frequent speaker at industry conferences, including Derbycon, BSides, Rochester Security Summit, NYS Cyber Security Conference, ISACA, ISSA, and others. Follow his security blog at http://blog.leetsys.com.

Reg Harnish is an entrepreneur, speaker, security specialist, and the chief security strategist for GreyCastle Security. Reg has nearly 15 years of security experience, specializing in security solutions for financial services, healthcare, higher education, and other industries. His security expertise ranges from risk management, incident response, and regulatory compliance to network, application, and physical security. Reg brings a unique, thought-provoking perspective to his work, and he strives to promote awareness, establish security fundamentals, and reduce risk for GreyCastle Security clients.

Reg attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, and has achieved numerous security and industry certifications. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), and a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). In addition, Reg is certified in Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Service Essentials. He is a member of InfraGard, the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), and the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA). In addition to deep expertise in information security, Reg has achieved numerous physical security certifications, including firearms instruction, range safety, and personal protection.

Reg is a frequent speaker and has presented at prominent events, including US Cyber Crime, Symantec Vision, ISACA, ISSA, InfraGard, and more. His successes have been featured in several leading industry journals, including Software Magazine, ComputerWorld, and InfoWorld.

Comrade has been in information security since the early 2000s. Comrade holds several industry certifications, but believes the only one that really means anything in regard to this book is the OSCP certification by the Offensive Security team. He currently performs penetration testing against all attack vectors, network, application, physical, social, etc., for clients in all verticals, including many Fortune 500 companies.

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For putting up with the adolescent headaches and being supportive even of nontraditional hobbies.

And to Erin.

The love of my life.

For whom I do everything.

There are so many people I want to acknowledge and thankwhether you have helped me directly with this book or are just a good friend, Im glad to have you all share this with me. First, I have to thank Erin. I love you so much, thank you for all of your unending support. I have to thank my mother for being a great mother, a wonderful person and woman, super supportive and loving, always understanding, and the best mom ever. I want to thank my stepfather for providing good stories, a level head, and plenty of cognac to a much-younger Tyler.