title: The Hacker Playbook 2: Practical Guide To Penetration Testing
author:  Peter Kim 
description: Peter Kim is the CEO/President of Secure Planet, LLC, a global penetration testing company. He has worked in the security field for almost ten years, and has spent the past seven as a penetration tester. His research has been featured on Wired.com, CNN.com, and various other outlets.<br /><br /> Kim has a wide variety of certifications from Sec+, GCIH, GCWN, GWAPT, GXPN, and GMOB. He spent several years teaching penetration testing and network security at Howard Community College in Maryland, and he is the founder of LETHAL, a local security hackerspace in Santa Monica, California.<br /><br /> You can find out more information about LETHAL at meetup.com/LETHAL, or visit Kim's blog at Secure Planet: SecurePla.net.
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  About the Tutorial 
  Security Testing is performed to reveal security flaws in the system in order to protect data 
  and maintain functionality. 
  This tutorial explains the core concepts of Security Testing and related topics with simple and 
  useful examples. 
  Audience 
  This tutorial has been prepared for beginners to help them understand the basics of security 
  testing.  
  Prerequisites 
  Before proceeding with this tutorial, you should have a basic understanding of software testing 
  and its related concepts. 
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