To become a pentester, you must understand the technologies and security of the targets that you are and hacking, plus the hacker mindset. These three elements make up the Pentester Blueprint, as seen in the graphic shown here.
The graphics that follow appear throughout the book. They piece together your journey to becoming a pentester.
The introduction describes how Phil became a pentester. You can learn pentesting too!
Chapter 1 focuses on what a pentester is. Why are pentests needed? What are the legalities involved?
Further on in Chapter 1, we discuss the different types of pentests, methodologies, and specializations.
If pentesting is something you'd like to do for a living, what's the career outlook?
On to Chapter 2! Before you focus on pentesting, you must understand operating systems, networking, and information security. ...
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