This book teaches a solid ethical hacking and offensive security foundation. Users learn how to organize and define assessments, identify, and exploit vulnerabilities, and write clear professional reports with effective mitigation measures. IT emphasizes ethical hackers and penetration testers' practical methods for finding modern system vulnerabilities. This book is structured around a compelling gamified storyline; professionals have plenty of opportunities to practice their skills through hands-on laboratories that are based on real-world settings.

The digital landscape is continuously evolving, with cyber-attacks becoming more frequent, complicated, and sophisticated. Cybersecurity resilience is becoming a must-have. Beyond reactive defenses, organizations must deploy proactive measures to find and fix weaknesses before adversaries do. This book also provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary MTD theory and practice in smart grid cybersecurity.

Users can take the Cisco Certificate in Ethical Hacking test and access unique Capture the Flag (CTF) challenges after reading this book. These assignments allow the user to apply everything you've learned in this book to cybersecurity in a safe environment. Offensive security specialists should read this book as well. Their knowledge and skills will improve.

Addresses ethical hacking, including planning and reconnaissance following authentic penetration testing techniques Combines offensive security methods with governance, ethics and documentation Provides real-world hands-on labs and examples

Autorentext

Dr. B. Rajkumar, IEEE senior member, Cyber Security Operations Certified Trainer, working as an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at University of Texas San Antonio, Texas, USA. He pursued Bachelor of Technology from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, in Computer Science & Engineering. He pursued Master of Technology and PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTUH), Hyderabad, Telangana, in Computer Science & Engineering. He has published many textbooks in Networking, Computer Organization and Architecture, Computer Forensic and Machine Learning. He published and granted three patents, Nationally and Internationally. He is an editorial board member of various publishing houses as well as an invitee speaker for many conferences, published many Hi-indexed ,WOS, SCI and Scopus Journals and Presented many IEEE and ACM Conference papers. He is a member and Editorial member of IEEE Senior Member, ACM Senior Member (Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) ), National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD), (USA) Member, Institute of Scholars ( INSC), Life member, Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering and Sciences Publication (BEIESP), Member of the ‘Editorial Board’, Lattice Science Publication (LSP), Member of the ‘Editorial Board’, Advaita innovative research association, Member of the ‘Editorial Board’ and Life member, Indian society for technical education (ISTE), Life member, Computer Society of India (CSI), Life member. Aruna Kranthi Godishala is a Ph.D. Research Scholar of Systems Engineering, Faculty of Integrated Technologies at University Brunei Darussalam, and obtained her B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering and an M.Tech. in Software Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India. She worked as an Assistant Professor and Associate Professor at various engineering institutions in India. She has been an administrator for Infosys Campus Connect, IBM Center of Excellence, and Center of Excellence for AI ML with Python at the institutional level. She has 2 funded projects under the All-India Council for Technical Education, Government of India (SPICES and MODROBS). She has a granted patent with each of the Indian Patent Office and the Australian IP Patent Office. The United States Patent and Trademark Office have published a patent. Ms. Arunakranthi also published 5 textbooks, one with Taylor & Francis CRC Press. In recent years, she has published papers at IEEE and ACM conferences, as well as several in journals, including a few in Springer Nature. She is also a reviewer for many journals and has received recognition from Elsevier's Computers in Biology and Medicine Journal.

Inhalt

.- Introduction to Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing.
.- Planning and Defining the Scope of a Penetration Testing Assessment.
.- Information Gathering and Vulnerability Scanning.
.- Social Engineering Attacks.
.- Exploiting Wired and Wireless Networks.
.- Exploiting Applicationbased Vulnerabilities.
.- Cloud, Mobile, and IoT Security.
.- Performing Post - Exploitation Techniques.
.- Reporting and Communication.
.- Tools and Code Analysis.