Penetration Testing

Duration: 2 Days

A unique, authoritative, high-value course which provides an essential understanding of gain a deeper understanding of Intrusion Detection Systems, including design, implementation and support.

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Course benefits
 Penetration Testing is the methodology and the set of technical tasks oriented towards breaking through the defences of a computer system or network. A subset and vital element of Ethical Hacking, penetration testing is a complex and yet highly valuable service to perform against computer systems.

This course is designed to outline the key skills required to conduct such an assignment, how to understand and interpret the results and how to produce a report of the findings.

Hands-on practical
 The course includes hands-on practical exercises working with mainstream security auditing software, tools and utilities.

Who should attend?
 This course from LEVER Technology Group PLC is designed for all IT security personnel who are responsible for the security auditing of IT systems or networks.

Course 339: Content

Introduction to penetration testing

  • Principles of penetration testing
  • Common mistakes or misconceptions
  • Planning and preparation

Target profiling

  • Systems
  • Offices
  • Networks
  • Telecommunications
  • Staff

Assignment metrics

  • Authority for testing
  • System ownership
  • Zero knowledge
  • Location - External or inside screening router
  • Denial of Service (DoS)
  • Testing of security response
Tools and techniques
  • Discovery
  • Port scanning
  • Network exploitation
  • Systems exploitation
  • Other (DoS, log manipulation etc.)

Results analysis

  • Spurious vulnerability detection
  • Threat assessment based upon weaknesses
  • Report content and format
  • Exclusions and exceptions


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