The network security test lab : a step-by-step guide / Michael Gregg. [electronic resource] Gregg, Michael (Michael C.), author. Computer security Evaluation. Computer networks Security measures. QA76.9.A25 005.8 23 Includes index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed Aug. 17, 2015). This book sets you up for success defending your company's network against a full complement of today's most-damaging malware, viruses, and other attack technologies. Written to be a practitioner's tool, it will show you how to dissect network packets and gives you reliable strategies for defending against a variety of threats--including network attacks, crimeware, malware, and the most-prevalent malicious traffic--and trains you on the software used by the top experts in the field to implement your unique plan, including Wireshark, Networkminer, Nmap, Metasploit, and more. Step-by-step instruction begins with explaining how to accurately assess your network's security and establish processes to test penetration. Keep your security strong by setting up your own security-testing lab inside where you can simulate attacks in isolation to observe how systems are targeted and to customize better defenses to stop them. -- Edited summary from book. 2015 Text 1 online resource : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119183433 eng Network security test lab : a step-by-step guide. Network security test lab : a step-by-step guide.