The Hacker Playbook by Peter Kim

The Hacker Playbook by Peter Kim

Just as a professional athlete doesn't show up without a solid game plan, ethical hackers, IT professionals, and security researchers should not be unprepared, either. The Hacker Playbook provides them their own game plans. Written by a longtime security professional and CEO of Secure Planet, LLC, this step-by-step guide to the game of penetration hacking features hands-on examples and helpful advice from the top of the field.

Through a series of football-style plays, this straightforward guide gets to the root of many of the roadblocks people may face while penetration testing-including attacking different types of networks, pivoting through security controls, and evading antivirus software.

From Pregame research to The Drive and The Lateral Pass, the practical plays listed can be read in order or referenced as needed. Either way, the valuable advice within will put you in the mindset of a penetration tester of a Fortune 500 company, regardless of your career or level of experience.

Whether you're downing energy drinks while desperately looking for an exploit, or preparing for an exciting new job in IT security, this guide is an essential part of any ethical hacker's library-so there's no reason not to get in the game.

Peter Kim is the CEO and President of Secure Planet, LLC, a penetration testing firm based in the United States. He has approximately ten years of experience in the security industry, with the last seven as a penetration tester. His findings have been featured on Wired.com, CNN.com, and a number of other websites. Kim holds numerous certifications, including Sec+, GCIH, GCWN, GWAPT, GXPN, and GMOB. He founded LETHAL, a local security hackerspace in Santa Monica, California, after teaching penetration testing and network security at Howard Community College in Maryland for several years. Further information about LETHAL may be found at www.meetup/LETHAL, or you can read Kim's blog at Secure Planet: http://www.SecurePla.net.