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Metasploit Concepts and Basic Configuration

Learn the fundamentals of Metasploit for effective penetration testing. This course will teach you how to utilize Metasploit Framework for vulnerability assessment, exploitation, and data management, enhancing your skills as a penetration tester.

Intermediate
59m
(4)

Created by Kevin James

Last Updated Sep 12, 2024

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  • Course

Metasploit Concepts and Basic Configuration

Learn the fundamentals of Metasploit for effective penetration testing. This course will teach you how to utilize Metasploit Framework for vulnerability assessment, exploitation, and data management, enhancing your skills as a penetration tester.

Intermediate
59m
(4)

Created by Kevin James

Last Updated Sep 12, 2024

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What you'll learn

Penetration testing can be challenging without the right tools and knowledge. In this course, Metasploit Concepts and Basic Configuration, you'll learn to effectively utilize Metasploit Framework for penetration testing. First, you'll explore how to launch Metasploit and set up a vulnerable environment for practice. Next, you'll discover the architecture of Metasploit, including how to configure modules, payloads, and exploits. Finally, you'll learn how to manage operations and data within Metasploit, including session management and data export/import. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge of Metasploit needed to perform thorough and effective penetration tests.

Metasploit Concepts and Basic Configuration
Intermediate
59m
(4)
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Kevin James - Pluralsight course - Metasploit Concepts and Basic Configuration
Kevin James
21 courses 4.1 author rating 44 ratings

As a seasoned technologist with over 30 years of wide-ranging expertise in information technology roles across diverse industries, Kevin is passionate about finding effective and economical solutions to business problems. His passion for teaching technical subjects allows him to have a particular style that imparts information yet teaches at the same time. He enjoys working with Linux, Unix and Windows Operating Systems and combined with a deep knowledge of software platforms as varied as Apache, MySQL, and others, has enabled him to successfully manage and maintain server infrastructures of all sizes, with his largest project encompassing over 800 servers across 4 continents. He believes in leveraging technology as a tool to make lives better and business flow more efficiently.

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