Penetration Testing For Dummies

Chapter 16

Ten Sites to Learn More About Pen Testing

As an IT professional, it doesn’t matter how much you know today — there is always more to learn! I can assure you that what you know today could become outdated as technology evolves and morphs into new innovations. With that said, in this chapter I point you to ten sites online that I know will be extremely helpful to you not only as a pen tester but as a security professional in general.

If any of the websites are no longer assessible at any time, do your own online searches for keywords such as pen testing, penetration testing, and security hacking. Also make sure to fact check any data not coming from a reputable site. The sites I list here are generally reputable, but you should still consider researching things before you implement them regardless.

One of the best sources of information you can use for your studies is in the help files of your software. If you use the knowledge bases that come with the tool and online at the vendor’s website, you will learn how to better use the tools and help to reinforce some of the topics you learned in this book.

SANS Institute

https://www.sans.org

SANS.org leads to the SANS Institute where since 1989 the site has been filled with a large amount of useful security information that ...