Hands-On Network Scanning with Nmap for Network Security

Audit and analyze your network security with Nmap

About This Video

• Understand the power of Nmap to discover vulnerabilities, emulate intruder attacks, and secure internal resources
• Your preparation guide to performing internal network security audits
• Utilize Zenmap to perform Nmap scanning and use the Nmap scripting engine to automate tasks

In Detail

Do you want to enhance your organization’s network security? Are you worried about what could happen if an intruder were to move laterally throughout your network? Internal network security testing is a critical aspect of any security program, while not knowing if an attacker has successfully identified a flaw that has led to a breach could be disastrous.

In this course, you will learn about several modules to use Nmap in real life situations, discovering vulnerabilities, and emulate an attack on a system. You will start with a review of penetration testing processes, installing Nmap, types of available scans, and the reasons for selecting different Nmap scanning options. Next, you will learn about advanced scanning with Nmap and customize scans to analyze machines, servers, and networking devices. You will then create Nmap reports and customize formatting options for detailed information about the network. You will automate useful activities using the Nmap scripting engine.You will also learn about Firewall and IDS evasion and Zenmap GUI.

By the end of this course, you will be able to confidently audit your network with Nmap and scan through vulnerabilities to secure your network.

<>Audience

This course is for ethical hackers, penetration testers, system administrators, and IT security professionals who want to secure their network and its hosts.

Requirement:

No knowledge about Nmap is assumed.

Participants should have a basic understanding of virtualization technologies, networking concepts and penetration testing methodologies before attending this course.