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Penetration Testing For Dummies
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Penetration Testing For Dummies

by Robert Shimonski
May 2020
Intermediate to advanced
256 pages
6h 9m
English
For Dummies
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About the Author

Rob Shimonski (www.shimonski.com) is an experienced entrepreneur and an active participant in the business community. Rob is a bestselling author and editor with over 25 years’ experience developing, producing, and distributing print media in the form of books, magazines, and periodicals. To date, Rob has successfully contributed to over 100 books that are currently in circulation. Rob has written over 25 of those books specializing on security covering intricate topics such as penetration testing, incident handling, cyberwarfare, and the deployment of advanced network and security tools and technologies. Rob has worked for many large-scale global companies including the US Military, Microsoft, Cisco, the National Security Agency (NSA), and Northwell Health. Rob also served as a veteran of the United States Marine Corps.

As a leader, technologist, security practitioner, penetration tester, incident responder/handler and network architect, Rob has led numerous efforts to architect, design, strategize, and implement enterprise solutions that must be and remain secure. Working for government, military, health, and technology entities has shown Rob not only the importance of responding to protecting assets, testing for and finding issues as well as handling critical incidents, but what is at risk. Rob has spent over two decades taking what he has learned in real-world scenarios and teach others through his published books, videos, and articles.

Rob is also a well-known ...

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