🎯 What You'll Learn
- Define penetration testing and its value
- Differentiate test types and scopes
- Understand rules of engagement
- See the engagement lifecycle end to end
About This Workbook
This workbook frames the discipline: the kinds of tests, the rules of engagement, and how a professional approaches an assessment from scoping to reporting.
Chapter 1 — What Is a Pentest?
The purpose and value of authorised attacks.
- Goals and outcomes
- Black/grey/white box
- Internal vs external
Chapter 2 — Rules of Engagement
The agreements that keep testing legal and safe.
- Scope and authorisation
- Constraints
- Communication
Chapter 3 — The Lifecycle
How an engagement flows from start to finish.
- Recon to reporting
- Evidence handling
- Re-testing
Keep going. Work through each chapter in order, then apply what you learned in the matching labs.