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20 Best Penetration Testing Books to Read in 2021 | Book List

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Best Penetration Testing Books

Looking for a book to read in 2021? Explore this list of the best Penetration Testing books. This list was curated with thanks to ISBNdb and images partially provided by Unsplash.

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Book Title: Penetration Testing

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Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing by Georgia Weidman was published in 20140614. It was officially published by Random House Publishing Services and has the ISBN: 1593275951.


Book Title: Penetration Testing

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Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing by Nick Furneaux, Jims Marchang, Rob Ellis, Jason Charalambous, Moinuddin Zaki, Peter Taylor, Roderick Douglas, Felix Ryan, Ceri Charlton, Gemma Moore, Tylor Robinson, Sharif Gardner, James Hayes was published in 2019-09-11. It was officially published by BCS Learning & Development Limited and has the ISBN: 1780174101.


Book Title: Penetration Testing

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Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing by Institute Of Civil Engineers was published in 1989. It was officially published by Thomas Telford Publishing and has the ISBN: 0727713779.


Book Title: Handbuch Penetration Testing

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Handbuch Penetration Testing

Handbuch Penetration Testing by Marc Ruef was published in 2007. It was officially published by C+l Computer-u.literaturv and has the ISBN: 3936546495.


Book Title: Penetration Testing Essentials

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Penetration Testing Essentials

Penetration Testing Essentials by Oriyano, Sean-Philip was published in 2016-12-05T00:00:01Z. It was officially published by Sybex and has the ISBN: 1119235308.


Book Title: Learn Penetration Testing

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Learn Penetration Testing

Learn Penetration Testing by Rishalin Pillay was published in 20190531. It was officially published by Packt Publishing and has the ISBN: 1838644164.


Book Title: Penetration Testing Essentials

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Penetration Testing Essentials

Penetration Testing Essentials by Stephanie Diamond, John Haydon was published in 2016-11-15. It was officially published by Wiley and has the ISBN: 1119235332.


Book Title: Advanced Penetration Testing Complete Self-Assessment Guide

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Advanced Penetration Testing Complete Self-Assessment Guide

Advanced Penetration Testing Complete Self-Assessment Guide by Gerardus Blokdyk was published in 20180105. It was officially published by Emereo and has the ISBN: 1489199403.


Book Title: Cone Penetration Testing

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Cone Penetration Testing

Cone Penetration Testing by Mayne, Paul W., National Research Council (u.s.), Transportation Research Board., National Cooperative Highway Research Program, American Association Of State Highway And Transportation Officials, United States, Federal Highway Administration. was published in 2007. It was officially published by Transportation Research Board National Resear and has the ISBN: 0309097843.


Book Title: Professional Penetration Testing: Creating and Learning in a Hacking Lab

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Professional Penetration Testing: Creating and Learning in a Hacking Lab

Professional Penetration Testing: Creating and Learning in a Hacking Lab by Wilhelm, Thomas was published in 06/2013. It was officially published by Elsevier S & T and has the ISBN: 0124046185.


Book Title: Practical Penetration Testing

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Practical Penetration Testing

Practical Penetration Testing by Ejovi Nuwere was published in 2001. It was officially published by O’reilly Media and has the ISBN: 0596006594.


Book Title: Penetration Testing Bootcamp

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Penetration Testing Bootcamp

Penetration Testing Bootcamp by Jason Beltrame was published in 2017-06-28. It was officially published by Packt Publishing and has the ISBN: 1787281078.


Book Title: Penetration Testing Fundamentals

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Penetration Testing Fundamentals

Penetration Testing Fundamentals by William (Chuck) Easttom II was published in 20180306. It was officially published by Pearson Technology Group and has the ISBN: 0134854543.


Book Title: Professional Penetration Testing

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Professional Penetration Testing

Professional Penetration Testing by Thomas Wilhelm was published in 20150831. It was officially published by Elsevier S & T and has the ISBN: 0080960944.


Book Title: Penetration Testing Bootcamp

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Penetration Testing Bootcamp

Penetration Testing Bootcamp by Jason Beltrame was published in 2017. It was officially published by Packt Publishing, and has the ISBN: 1787288749.


Book Title: Penetration Tester’s Open Source Toolkit

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Penetration Tester's Open Source Toolkit

Penetration Tester’s Open Source Toolkit by Jeremy Faircloth was published in 20110825. It was officially published by Elsevier S & T and has the ISBN: 1597496286.


Book Title: WarDriving & wireless penetration testing

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WarDriving & wireless penetration testing

WarDriving & wireless penetration testing by Chris Hurley, Brian Baker, Russ Rogers, Frank Thornton, Dan Connelly was published in 2006. It was officially published by Syngress Distributed By O’reilly Media In The United States And Canada and has the ISBN: 159749111.


Book Title: Web Penetration Testing

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Web Penetration Testing

Web Penetration Testing by Radhi Shatob was published in 20210401. It was officially published by Tablo Publishing and has the ISBN: 1922405361.


Book Title: Penetration Testing Basics

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Penetration Testing Basics

Penetration Testing Basics by Ric Messier was published in 20160722. It was officially published by Springer Nature and has the ISBN: 1484218574.


Book Title: Penetration Testing: Communication Media Testing

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Penetration Testing: Communication Media Testing

Penetration Testing: Communication Media Testing by EC-Council was published in 20100623. It was officially published by Cengage Learning US and has the ISBN: 1133168922.

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