AWS Penetration Testing

Cloud security has always been treated as the highest priority by AWS while designing a robust cloud infrastructure. AWS has now extended its support to allow users and security experts to perform penetration tests on its environment. This has not only revealed a number of loopholes and brought vulnerable points in their existing system to the fore, but has also opened up opportunities for organizations to build a secure cloud environment. This book teaches you how to perform penetration tests in a controlled AWS environment.
You'll begin by performing security assessments of major AWS resources such as Amazon EC2 instances, Amazon S3, Amazon API Gateway, and AWS Lambda. Throughout the course of this book, you'll also learn about specific tests such as exploiting applications, testing permissions flaws, and discovering weak policies. Moving on, you'll discover how to establish private-cloud access through backdoor Lambda functions. As you advance, you'll explore the no-go areas where users can’t make changes due to vendor restrictions and find out how you can avoid being flagged to AWS in these cases. Finally, this book will take you through tips and tricks for securing your cloud environment in a professional way.
By the end of this penetration testing book, you'll have become well-versed in a variety of ethical hacking techniques for securing your AWS environment against modern cyber threats.

Type
ebook
Category
publication date
2020-12-04
what you will learn

Set up your AWS account and get well-versed in various pentesting services
Delve into a variety of cloud pentesting tools and methodologies
Discover how to exploit vulnerabilities in both AWS and applications
Understand the legality of pentesting and learn how to stay in scope
Explore cloud pentesting best practices, tips, and tricks
Become competent at using tools such as Kali Linux, Metasploit, and Nmap
Get to grips with post-exploitation procedures and find out how to write pentesting reports

no of pages
330
duration
660
approach
Complete with hands-on tutorials, projects, and self-assessment questions, this easy-to-follow guide will teach you the fundamentals of AWS and how to accurately pentest AWS services
audience
If you are a network engineer, system administrator, or system operator looking to secure your AWS environment against external cyberattacks, then this book is for you. Ethical hackers, penetration testers, and security consultants who want to enhance their cloud security skills will also find this book useful. No prior experience in penetration testing is required; however, some understanding of cloud computing or AWS cloud is recommended.
meta description
Get to grips with security assessment, vulnerability exploitation, workload security, and encryption with this guide to ethical hacking and learn to secure your AWS environment
short description
AWS is a very popular cloud service that many organizations are implementing into their infrastructure. AWS Penetration Testing is a comprehensive introduction for those who are new to AWS and Ethical hacking, that will have you up-to-speed in no time.
subtitle
Beginner's guide to hacking AWS with tools such as Kali Linux, Metasploit, and Nmap
keywords
hacking tools, web application hacking, pentesting tools, pentesting, Pentesting AWS web penetration testing, Kali Linux 2020
Product ISBN
9781839216923