Chapter 26

Using the Appropriate Tool to Assess Organizational Security

This chapter covers the following topics related to Objective 4.1 (Given a scenario, use the appropriate tool to assess organizational security) of the CompTIA Security+ SY0-601 certification exam:

  • Network reconnaissance and discovery

    • tracert/traceroute

    • nslookup/dig

    • ipconfig/ifconfig

    • nmap

    • ping/pathping

    • hping

    • netstat

    • netcat

    • ip scanners

    • arp

    • route

    • curl

    • theHarvester

    • sn1per

    • scanless

    • dnsenum

    • Nessus

    • Cuckoo

  • File manipulation

    • head

    • tail

    • cat

    • grep

    • chmod

    • logger

  • Shell and script environments

    • SSH

    • PowerShell

    • Python

    • OpenSSL

  • Packet capture and replay

    • Tcpreplay

    • Tcpdump

    • Wireshark

  • Forensics

    • dd

    • Memdump

    • WinHex

    • FTK imager

    • Autopsy

  • Exploitation frameworks

  • Password crackers

  • Data sanitization ...

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