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Summary: Good Self Study Guide - DVD is esp. useful
Review: For one (like me) who is fed-up with all the poor script kiddie hacking books on the market which teach nothing new...then I really recommend you try DefensiveHacking. This self study guide taken from Security Associates globally taught course goes beyond the repeated stuff books like Hacking Exposed talk about again and again...what Hacking Exposed talks about in 300 pages DefensiveHacking completes in 30 pages and then in the rest of the 200+ pages gets stuck into advanced hacking and penetration techniques which are really an eye-opener, even for someone like me, who has been in the security industry for 6 years. I recommend you take a look at this self study guide which comes with a super DVD to give one the impression who have actually attended the course, but at a fraction of the price! I personally cannot wait for the other Security Associates courses such as Defensive Forensics and Defensive Deployment to released in self study formats.
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Summary: Above average content and presentation
Review: Having read many a "hacking" book and attended the odd course too, I was very interesting in looking at this product as it is an adoption of Security Associates actual Defensive Hacking course. This self study guide does a good job of replicating the actual course environment. The DVD video has all the labs which are clearly narrated by the instructor. I would rate the contents of this book better than the genre of Hacking Exposed and so on...this study guide is really aimed at the proffesional pen tester (or hacker) but not a script kiddie level of person. On the down side whilst the contents are good they are really deep. The DVD alone in 4 hours + so in effect this product attempts to be "Jack of all trades"...perhaps a focus on a smaller content base would have made it more managable to digest. But on the whole good stuff.
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Summary: Above average content and presentation
Review: Having read many a "hacking" book and attended the odd course too, I was very interesting in looking at this product as it is an adoption of Security Associates actual Defensive Hacking course. This self study guide does a good job of replicating the actual course environment. The DVD video has all the labs which are clearly narrated by the instructor. I would rate the contents of this book better than the genre of Hacking Exposed and so on...this study guide is really aimed at the proffesional pen tester (or hacker) but not a script kiddie level of person. On the down side whilst the contents are good they are really deep. The DVD alone in 4 hours + so in effect this product attempts to be "Jack of all trades"...perhaps a focus on a smaller content base would have made it more managable to digest. But on the whole good stuff.
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Summary: The Ultimate Hacking Book for the Pro
Review: I have bought self study guides from Security Associates for all of there current three primary course (Hacking, Forensics and Deployment). This hacking study guide is good stuff, well presented, neat DVD (2 DVD's actually), easy to read contents. I really like the way the instructor clearly explains each and every single point. The price may seem a bit high, but to be fair there is a lot of content covered, the DVD alone is around 3 hours plus, the written content is 300 pages + and you get 3 months support. Well worth a look for the newbie and the experienced pro.
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Summary: Good Stuff, Security Associates do it again
Review: This is great stuff, not good but really GREAT. By far the best thing on the market with respect to how to really hack, and hack from a security proffesionals perpective, not a script kiddie. This study guide does not teach you how to do port scans or use NMAP but talks (more than talks actually, rather shows live on the DVD video) about advanced techniques such as fragmentation attacks, advanced DNS hijacking attacks and so on...its the kind of thing which every security admin needs on his/her desk as the essentail reference guide.
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Summary: Exceptional, Hands-on Hacking book for the Security Pro
Review: This is really a good Self Study Guide full of material for those who really want to see how it is done and how to do it. The live DVD of the labs and narration of the presentation is absolutely great as they provide numerous opportunities to re-read and review the material. I've also attended the DefensiveHacking course and rate this book on par with attending the actual course.
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