You're reading from Network Vulnerability Assessment Identify security loopholes in your network's infrastructure

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2018

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781788627252

Length 254 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Kali Linux

Concepts

Network Security

Author (1):

Sagar Rahalkar

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Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Preface

1. Vulnerability Management Governance FREE CHAPTER

2. Setting Up the Assessment Environment

3. Security Assessment Prerequisites

4. Information Gathering

5. Enumeration and Vulnerability Assessment

6. Gaining Network Access

7. Assessing Web Application Security

8. Privilege Escalation

9. Maintaining Access and Clearing Tracks

10. Vulnerability Scoring

11. Threat Modeling

12. Patching and Security Hardening

13. Vulnerability Reporting and Metrics

14. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Summary

In this chapter, we learned about threat modeling, the benefits of threat modeling, and its terminology. We also learned about different threat modeling techniques, such as STRIDE and DREAD, and tools such as the Microsoft Threat Modeling Tool and SeaSponge.

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Authors (1)

Rahalkar

Sagar Rahalkar is a seasoned information security professional having more than 10 years of comprehensive experience in various verticals of IS. His domain expertise is mainly into breach detection, cyber crime investigations, digital forensics, application security, vulnerability assessment and penetration testing, compliance for mandates and regulations, IT GRC, and much more. He holds a masters degree in computer science and several industry-recognized certifications such as Certified Cyber Crime Investigator, Certified Ethical Hacker, Certified Security Analyst, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, IBM certified Specialist-Rational AppScan, Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), and PRINCE2. He has been closely associated with Indian law enforcement agencies for more than 3 years dealing with digital crime investigations and related training and received several awards and appreciations from senior officials of the police and defense organizations in India. Sagar has also been a reviewer and author for various books and online publications.

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