Penetration Testing Basics: A Quick-Start Guide to Breaking into Systems - Softcover

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Ric Messier, MS, GCIH, GSEC, CEH, CISSP is the program director for Cyber Security, Computer Forensics and Digital Investigations and the Economic Crime Investigation bachelors' degree programs, as well as the Digital Forensic Science master's degree program at Champlain College.
Messier has been involved in the networking and security arena since the early 1980s. He has worked at large Internet service providers and small software companies developing knowledge and experience about a range of topics related to networking and security. Messier has also been involved on incident response teams and has been consulted on forensic investigations for large companies.
An established expert in the field and author, Messier has published several articles for Hackin9 Magazine, has developed number of video training titles with O'Reilly Media and has written a number of books on information security.

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• How to identify security vulnerabilities
  
• How to use some of the top security tools in order to identify holes
  
• How to read reports from testing tools
  
• Common vulnerability types and attacks
  
• Common Web-based attacks and exposures as well as recommendations for closing those holes