InfoSec Career Hacking: Sell Your Skillz, Not Your Soul“InfoSec Career Hacking starts out by describing the many, different InfoSec careers available including Security Engineer, Security Analyst, Penetration Tester, Auditor, Security Administrator, Programmer, and Security Program Manager. The particular skills required by each of these jobs will be described in detail, allowing the reader to identify the most appropriate career choice for them. Next, the book describes how the reader can build his own test laboratory to further enhance his existing skills and begin to learn new skills and techniques. The authors also provide keen insight on how to develop the requisite soft skills to migrate form the hacker to corporate world. * The InfoSec job market will experience explosive growth over the next five years, and many candidates for these positions will come from thriving, hacker communities * Teaches these hackers how to build their own test networks to develop their skills to appeal to corporations and government agencies * Provides specific instructions for developing time, management, and personal skills to build a successful InfoSec career |
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Contents
| 3 | |
| 27 | |
Determine Whats Out There | 51 |
Basic Tactics for Successful Exploitation | 83 |
The Laws of Security | 129 |
No Place Like home Creating an Attack Lab | 159 |
Vulnerability Disclosure | 211 |
Classes of Attack | 241 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | InfoSec Career Hacking: Sell Your Skillz, Not Your Soul |
| Authors | Chris Hurley, Johnny Long, Aaron W Bayles, Ed Brindley |
| Publisher | Elsevier, 2005 |
| ISBN | 0080489036, 9780080489032 |
| Length | 448 pages |
| Subjects | › › Computers / Security / General |
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