BackTrack 4: Assuring Security by Penetration Testing

BackTrack 4: Assuring Security by Penetration Testing

by ShakeelAli (Author), TediHeriyanto (Author)

Synopsis

Written as an interactive tutorial, this book covers the core of BackTrack with real-world examples and step-by-step instructions to provide professional guidelines and recommendations to you. The book is designed in a simple and intuitive manner, which allows you to explore the whole BackTrack testing process or study parts of it individually. If you are an IT security professional or network administrator who has a basic knowledge of Unix/Linux operating systems including awareness of information security factors, and you want to use BackTrack for penetration testing, then this book is for you.

$50.40

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10 in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 371
Publisher: PACKT PUBLISHING
Published: 14 Apr 2011

ISBN 10: 1849513945
ISBN 13: 9781849513944

Author Bio
Shakeel Ali is a main founder and CTO of Cipher Storm Ltd, UK. His expertise in the security industry markedly exceeds the standard number of security assessments, compliance, governance, and forensic projects that he carries in day-to-day operations. As a senior security evangelist and having spent endless nights without taking a nap, he provides constant security support to various businesses and government institutions globally. He is an active independent researcher who writes various articles, whitepapers, and manages a blog at Ethical-Hacker.net. He regularly participates in BugCon Security Conferences, Mexico, to highlight the best-of-breed cyber security threats and their solutions from practically driven countermeasures. Tedi Heriyanto currently works as a Senior Technical Consultant in an Indonesian information technology company. He has worked with several well-known institutions in Indonesia and overseas, in designing secure network architecture, deploying and managing enterprise-wide security systems, developing information security policies and procedures, doing information security audit and assessment, and giving information security awareness training. In his spare times, he manages to research, write various articles, participate in Indonesian Security Community activities, and maintain a blog site. He has shared his knowledge in information security by writing several information security and computer programming books.