You're reading from Building and Automating Penetration Testing Labs in the Cloud

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Published in Oct 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837632398

Pages 562 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Penetration Testing

Author (1):

Joshua Arvin Lat

Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: A Gentle Introduction to Vulnerable-by-Design Environments

2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Penetration Testing Labs in the Cloud

3. Chapter 2: Preparing Our First Vulnerable Cloud Lab Environment

4. Chapter 3: Succeeding with Infrastructure as Code Tools and Strategies

5. Part 2: Setting Up Isolated Penetration Testing Lab Environments in the Cloud

6. Chapter 4: Setting Up Isolated Penetration Testing Lab Environments on GCP

7. Chapter 5: Setting Up Isolated Penetration Testing Lab Environments on Azure

8. Chapter 6: Setting Up Isolated Penetration Testing Lab Environments on AWS

9. Part 3: Exploring Advanced Strategies and Best Practices in Lab Environment Design

10. Chapter 7: Setting Up an IAM Privilege Escalation Lab

11. Chapter 8: Designing and Building a Vulnerable Active Directory Lab

12. Chapter 9: Recommended Strategies and Best Practices

13. Index

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