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BackTrack 4: Assuring Security by Penetration Testing
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BackTrack 4: Assuring Security by Penetration Testing

by Shakeel Ali, Tedi Heriyanto
April 2011
Intermediate to advanced
392 pages
8h 12m
English
Packt Publishing
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Before you start writing a report, it is fairly necessary to understand the technical capabilities and goals of your audience in order to accomplish a successful presentation. The reality of this industry is that there are not many people with true technical knowledge and skills, so you have to tweak the material according to your audience or otherwise you will face a negative reaction. Your key task is to make your client understand the potential risk factors surrounding their network infrastructure. For instance, the people at executive level do not care about the details of a social engineering attack vector but they are interested in knowing the current state of security and what remediation measures should be taken. It is also ...

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ISBN: 9781849513944