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In this best-of-breed study guide, leading experts Michael Gregg and Omar Santos help you master all the topics you need to know to succeed on your Certified Ethical Hacker Version 10 exam and advance your career in IT security. The authors' concise, focused approach explains every exam objective from a real-world perspective, helping you quickly identify weaknesses and retain everything you need to know. Every feature of this book supports both efficient exam preparation and long-term mastery: Opening Topics Lists identify the topics you need to learn in each chapter and list EC-Council's official exam objectives Key Topics figures, tables, and lists call attention to the information that's most crucial for exam success Exam Preparation Tasks enable you to review key topics, define key terms, work through scenarios, and answer review questions, going beyond mere facts to master the concepts that are crucial to passing the exam and enhancing your career Key Terms are listed in each chapter and defined in a complete glossary, explaining all the field's essential terminology This study guide helps you master all the topics on the latest CEH exam, including Ethical hacking basics Technical foundations of hacking Footprinting and scanning Enumeration and system hacking Social engineering, malware threats, and vulnerability analysis Sniffers, session hijacking, and denial of service Web server hacking, web applications, and database attacks Wireless technologies, mobile security, and mobile attacks IDS, firewalls, and honeypots Cryptographic attacks and defenses Cloud computing, IoT, and botnets

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Michael Gregg (CISSP, SSCP, CISA, MCSE, MCT, CTT+, A+, N+, Security+, CCNA, CASP, CISA, CISM, CEH, CHFI, and GSEC) directs the cyber security operations for a multinational organization that operates facilities worldwide. As the CISO, Michael is responsible for securing the organization's assets on a global scale. Michael is responsible for developing cost-effective and innovative technology solutions for security issues and for evaluating emerging technologies. He has more than 20 years of experience in the IT field and holds two associate's degrees, a bachelor's degree, and a master's degree. In addition to coauthoring the first, second, and third editions of Security Administrator Street Smarts, Michael has written or coauthored 14 other books, including Build Your Own Security Lab: A Field Guide for Network Testing (Wiley, 2008); Hack the Stack: Using Snort and Ethereal to Master the 8 Layers of an Insecure Network (Syngress, 2006); Certified Ethical Hacker Exam Prep 2 (Que, 2006); and Inside Network Security Assessment: Guarding Your IT Infrastructure (Sams, 2005). Michael has testified before a U.S congressional committee, has been quoted in newspapers such as the New York Times, and was featured on various television and radio shows, including NPR, ABC, CBS, Fox News, and others, discussing cyber security and ethical hacking. He has created more than a dozen IT security training classes. He has created and performed video instruction on many security topics, such as cyber security, CISSP, CISA, Security+, and others. When not working, speaking at security events, or writing, Michael enjoys 1960s muscle cars and has a slot in his garage for a new project car. You can reach Michael by email at MikeG@thesolutionfirm.com. Omar Santos is an active member of the security community, where he leads several industry-wide initiatives and standard bodies. His active role helps businesses, academic institutions, state and local law enforcement agencies, and other participants that are dedicated to increasing the security of the critical infrastructure. Omar is the author of more than 20 books and video courses and numerous white papers, articles, and security configuration guidelines and best practices. Omar is a principal engineer of the Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT), where he mentors and leads engineers and incident managers during the investigation and resolution of security vulnerabilities. Omar has been quoted by numerous media outlets, such as The Register, Wired, ZDNet, ThreatPost, CyberScoop, TechCrunch, Fortune, Ars Technica, and more. Additional information about Omar can be obtained from h4cker.org and omarsantos.io. You can follow Omar on Twitter at @santosomar.

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