Why You Should Take SEC660: Advanced Penetration Testing, Exploit Writing, and Ethical Hacking
SEC660: Advanced Penetration Testing, Exploit Writing, and Ethical Hacking is designed as a logical progression point for those who have completed SANS SEC560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking, or for those with existing penetration testing experience. Students with the prerequisite knowledge to take this course will walk through dozens of real-world attacks used by the most seasoned penetration testers. The methodology of a given attack is discussed, followed by exercises in a hands-on lab to consolidate advanced concepts and facilitate the immediate application of techniques in the workplace.
You Will Learn:
- How to perform penetration testing safely against network devices such as routers, switches, and NAC implementations.
- How to test cryptographic implementations.
- How to leverage an unprivileged foothold for post exploitation and escalation.
- How to fuzz network and stand-alone applications.
- How to write exploits against applications running on Linux and Windows systems.
- How to bypass exploit mitigations such as ASLR, DEP, and stack canaries.
Jake Williams is computer science and information security expert, U.S. Army veteran, certified SANS instructor and co-author of FOR578: Cyber Threat Intelligence.