Who Should Read This Book

This is an intermediate-level book for IT security professionals and system and network administrators who need to learn more about the security assessment process. Inside Network Security Assessment provides a step-by-step approach for assessing security, from paperwork to penetration testing to ethical hacking. This book is a valuable reference for individuals who are interested in creating their own methodology for conducting a comprehensive security assessment and in expanding their knowledge of network security tools and techniques to perform such evaluations. Almost every organization needs to evaluate the security of its IT infrastructure and IT assets.

Depending on the scope of the IT infrastructure and the scope of the security assessment, organizations can spend tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars to conduct a security assessment. With proper controls and objectivity, conducting a security assessment with internal IT security staff is a viable solution. To do this, the IT security staff must create their own methodology and implement it in-house.