Network Security Assessment: Know Your Network

How secure is your network? The best way to find out is to attack it, using the same tactics attackers employ to identify and exploit weaknesses.With the third edition of this practical book, you�ll learn how to perform network-based penetration testing in a structured manner. Security expert Chris Mc Nab demonstrates common vulnerabilities, and the steps you can take to identify them in your environment. System complexity and attack surfaces continue to grow. This book provides a process to help you mitigate risks posed to your network. Each chapter includes a checklist summarizing attacker techniques, along with effective countermeasures you can use immediately. Learn how to effectively test system components, including: Common services such as SSH, FTP, Kerberos, SNMP, and LDAP Microsoft services, including Net BIOS, SMB, RPC, and RDP SMTP, POP3, and IMAP email services IPsec and PPTP services that provide secure network access TLS protocols and features providing transport security Web server software, including Microsoft IIS, Apache, and Nginx Frameworks including Rails, Django, Microsoft ASP.NET, and PHP Database servers, storage protocols, and distributed key-value stores Additional ISBNs149191095X, 1491911018, 1491911069, 9781491910955, 9781491911013, 9781491911068Network Security Assessment: Know Your Network 3rd Edition is written by Chris Mc Nab and published by O’Reilly Media. ISBNs for Network Security Assessment are 9781491911051, 1491911050 and the print ISBNs are 9781491910955, 149191095X. Additional ISBNs include 149191095X, 1491911018, 1491911069, 9781491910955, 9781491911013, 9781491911068.