CompTIA PenTest+ Study Guide: Exam PT0-003, 3rd Edition

Your career as a Penetration Tester begins here with the REVISED CompTIA PenTest+ Study Guide!CompTIA PenTest+ Study Guide: Exam PT0-003, Third Edition, introduces you to the core skills and techniques that every pen tester needs: Perform assessments of traditional server and desktop operating systems as well as new types of network devices, including mobile, cloud, IoT, industrial, and embedded Identify security weaknesses Manage system vulnerabilities Determine if existing cybersecurity practices deviate from accepted practices, configurations and policies Penetration testers simulate cyber attacks to find security weaknesses in networks, operating systems, and applications. Information security experts worldwide use penetration techniques to evaluate enterprise defenses. Typical penetration testing consists of low-level hackers attacking a system with a list of known vulnerabilities, and defenders preventing those hacks using an equally well-known list of defensive scans.CompTIA PenTest+ is an intermediate-level cybersecurity certification that assesses second-generation penetration testing, vulnerability assessment and vulnerability-management skills. These cognitive and hands-on skills are required worldwide to responsibly perform assessments of IT systems, identify weaknesses, manage the vulnerabilities, and determine if existing cybersecurity practices deviate from accepted practices, configurations and policies. By passing this certification, you will have learned how to use and customize assessment frameworks and best practices to responsibly participate in hands-on penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, report creation, communication, team work, and vulnerability management to improve the overall state of IT security.This Study Guide also gives you access to additional online study tools, including hundreds of bonus practice exam questions, electronic flashcards, and a searchable Glossary of important terms. Prepare smarter with Sybex's superior interactive online learning environment and test bank.