The Network Security Test Lab will guide you through the security assessment and penetration testing process. This book delivers the set-up guidance needed to build your own security testing lab, with a look inside the actual attacks; decodes, and will demonstrate how to run attacks in an isolated sandbox so you can understand how attackers target systems and how you can build the defenses to stop them. You will be introduced to tools such as Wireshark, Networkminer, Nmap, Metasploit, and others. This detailed book covers network attacks, social networking, malware and the most prevalent malicious traffic, and much more: Hardware and Gear and your Test Platform Passive Information Gathering Detecting Live Systems Enumerating Systems Automated Attack and Penetration Tools Understanding Cryptographic Systems Network Traffic Analysis Securing Wireless Systems An introduction to Malware Analyzing Malware and Detecting Intrusions Forensic Detection