Performing and Analyzing Network Reconnaissance

Transcript

Hi everyone, my name is Dale Meredith and welcome to my course Performing and Analyzing Network Reconnaissance.

I am a technical guy with lots of technical certs from both Microsoft, EC-Counsel and CompTIA. I’m a Microsoft and cybersecurity trainer/consultant for my own company, My Mentored Learning, and I maintain my own Security YouTube Channel called DaleDumbsITDown.

This course is designed to be a starting off point for several certifications that are focused on cybersecurity, ethical hacking and incident handling. That “start off” point is what we refer to as the Recon stage, meaning we want to see what is currently being exposed about our networks and company resources....or better yet, what could be exposed without our knowledge. This is done via several steps and tools. Among those tools is for you to start thinking like an attacker so you understand the ���how and why” of reconnaissance.

Some of the major topics that we will cover include:

1. What to look for when reconning
2. Online resources that might scare you
3. Why reconnaissance is so easily done...it because “it is what it is”
4. Tools we can use that attacker WILL use against you

By the end this course, you’ll know how to look at your infrastructure the same way that attackers do, and let’s face it, Knowing is half the battle.

Before beginning the course you should be familiar with the basics of networks including TCP/IP and a basic knowledge of Windows, IOS and Kali-Linux.

From here, you should feel comfortable diving into [topic title] with courses on:

1. CSA+
2. ECIH
3. GCIH
4. Any other cybersecurity related course for networks

I hope you’ll join me on this journey to learn how to start thinking like an attacker with the Performing and Analyzing Network Reconnaissance course, at Pluralsight.