Network Security Assessment Tools

Learning Outcomes:

In this module, you will complete the following exercises:

• Exercise 1 – Network Reconnaissance and Discovery
• Exercise 2 – Information Gathering
• Exercise 3 – File Manipulation
• Exercise 4 – Shell and Script Environments
• Exercise 5 – Packet Capture and Replay
• Exercise 6 – Forensics
• Exercise 7 - Exploitation Frameworks, Password Crackers, and Data Sanitization

After completing this module, you should be able to:

• Learn network discovery and reconnaissance techniques using tools like nmap, traceroute etc. 
• Identify file manipulation attacks and learn shell scripts.
• Explain the different forensic tools.
• Explain packet capture and replay.
• Explain frameworks used for exploiting vulnerabilities and learn data sanitization.

Exam Objectives:

The following exam objective is covered in this module:

4.1 Given a scenario, use the appropriate tool to assess organizational security.

• Network reconnaissance and discovery
• File manipulation
• Shell and script environments
• Packet capture and replay
• Forensics
• Exploitation frameworks
• Password crackers
• Data sanitization