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AWS Penetration Testing
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AWS Penetration Testing

by Jonathan Helmus
December 2020
Intermediate to advanced
330 pages
6h 48m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 10: Pentesting Best Practices

Pentesting is not a one-size-fits-all type of assessment. What applies to one pentest may differ from another. It's essential to stay on top of trends and skillsets, and have an understanding of what it means to pentest. It's also important to understand that AWS pentesting may differ from traditional pentesting, as we have seen throughout this book and will see further in this chapter. It's vital that we understand both the technical and non-technical parts of AWS pentesting – which is exactly what this chapter is all about. We will begin with an overview of the steps to be carried out during a pentest. We will then look at the unknowns of AWS pentesting. We will learn about prepping your environment before ...

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