Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures: Threats and Defense Mechanisms (EC-Council Press)

About this book

The EC-Council Press Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures Series is comprised of five books covering a broad base of topics in offensive network security ethical hacking and network defense and countermeasures. The content of this series is designed to immerse the reader into an interactive environment where they will be shown how to scan test hack and secure information systems. With the full series of books the reader will gain in-depth knowledge and practical experience with essential security systems and become prepared to succeed on the Certified Ethical Hacker or CEH certification from EC-Council. This certification covers a plethora of offensive security topics ranging from how perimeter defenses work to scanning and attacking simulated networks. A wide variety of tools viruses and malware is presented in this and the other four books providing a complete understanding of the tactics and tools used by hackers. By gaining a thorough understanding of how hackers operate an Ethical Hacker will be able to set up strong countermeasures and defensive systems to protect an organizations critical infrastructure and information.