Building and Automating Penetration Testing Labs in the Cloud

eBook Details:

• Paperback: 562 pages
• Publisher: WOW! eBook (October 13, 2023)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1837632391
• ISBN-13: 978-1837632398

eBook Description:

Building and Automating Penetration Testing Labs in the Cloud: Take your penetration testing career to the next level by discovering how to set up and exploit cost-effective hacking lab environments on AWS, Azure, and GCP

The significant increase in the number of cloud-related threats and issues has led to a surge in the demand for cloud security professionals. This book will help you set up vulnerable-by-design environments in the cloud to minimize the risks involved while learning all about cloud penetration testing and ethical hacking.

This step-by-step guide begins by helping you design and build penetration testing labs that mimic modern cloud environments running on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Next, you’ll find out how to use infrastructure as code (IaC) solutions to manage a variety of lab environments in the cloud. As you advance, you’ll discover how generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, can be leveraged to accelerate the preparation of IaC templates and configurations. You’ll also learn how to validate vulnerabilities by exploiting misconfigurations and vulnerabilities using various penetration testing tools and techniques. Finally, you’ll explore several practical strategies for managing the complexity, cost, and risks involved when dealing with penetration testing lab environments in the cloud.

• Build vulnerable-by-design labs that mimic modern cloud environments
• Find out how to manage the risks associated with cloud lab environments
• Use infrastructure as code to automate lab infrastructure deployments
• Validate vulnerabilities present in penetration testing labs
• Find out how to manage the costs of running labs on AWS, Azure, and GCP
• Set up IAM privilege escalation labs for advanced penetration testing
• Use generative AI tools to generate infrastructure as code templates
• Import the Kali Linux Generic Cloud Image to the cloud with ease

By the end of this Building and Automating Penetration Testing Labs in the Cloud book, you’ll be able to design and build cost-effective vulnerable cloud lab environments where you can experiment and practice different types of attacks and penetration testing techniques.