QA-QAPENTEST

Penetrating Testing Tools and Techniques

This 3-day instructor-led course provides an in-depth introduction to various tools and techniques that are used to perform penetration tests - it is not aligned to a specific examination or vendor accreditation and therefore the content can be updated by QA on a regular basis.

The course contains extensive hands-on exercises using the tools included in the popular BackTrack distribution and other open source tools.

Target Audience:

This course is designed for IT professionals who will perform penetration tests or those who need to understand the tools & techniques used in penetration testing.

Prior knowledge

The course requires an understanding of Information Security fundamentals such as basic attack strategies, exploitation of vulnerabilities and an awareness of basic operating system and network functions.
Many of the exercises involve using the command line and delegates should be comfortable with this environment. Familiarity with any common Linux distribution, particularly Ubuntu, would be an advantage.

Objectives:

At the end of this course you will be able to:

Understand the purpose of a penetration test
Understand the 'rules of engagement'
Install the BackTrack distribution
Use the tools installed on BackTrack and others to conduct a successful penetration test
Document the results of the penetration test

Course Outline:

Introduction to Penetration Testing

The purpose of a penetration test.
The Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual, NIST SP800-115 & other methodologies

The BackTrack Distribution

Installation options
Using BackTrack

Documentation

Using Dradis

Reconnaissance & Network Mapping

Online reconnaissance
Social networking
Social engineering
Ping sweeps using fping
Port scanning using Nmap.
Scanning a target using Nessus
Scanning a web server using Nikto

Exploitation

Password cracking tools
Using John the Ripper

Metasploit

The Metasploit Framework
Using Metasploit to access systems

Analysis & Reporting

Writing the final penetration test report

Objectives:

At the end of this course you will be able to:

Understand the purpose of a penetration test
Understand the 'rules of engagement'
Install the BackTrack distribution
Use the tools installed on BackTrack and others to conduct a successful penetration test
Document the results of the penetration test

Course Outline:

Introduction to Penetration Testing

The purpose of a penetration test.
The Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual, NIST SP800-115 & other methodologies

The BackTrack Distribution

Installation options
Using BackTrack

Documentation

Using Dradis

Reconnaissance & Network Mapping

Online reconnaissance
Social networking
Social engineering
Ping sweeps using fping
Port scanning using Nmap.
Scanning a target using Nessus
Scanning a web server using Nikto

Exploitation

Password cracking tools
Using John the Ripper

Metasploit

The Metasploit Framework
Using Metasploit to access systems

Analysis & Reporting

Writing the final penetration test report

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Kursfakta

Kurs-ID: QA-QAPENTEST
Längd: 3 dagar
Pris exkl moms: 23 820 kr

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United Kingdom

9 aug-11 aug

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8 nov-10 nov

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