🎯 What You'll Learn
- Prepare a reliable testing platform
- Stand up supporting infrastructure
- Organise notes and evidence from day one
- Use checklists to stay thorough
About This Workbook
Good preparation saves engagements. This workbook covers the practical groundwork: your testing machine, supporting infrastructure, documentation and checklists.
Chapter 1 — Your Testing Platform
A clean, capable base to work from.
- Distro and tooling
- Keeping tools current
- Backups and snapshots
Chapter 2 — Supporting Infrastructure
The servers and services that support an op.
- Listeners and redirectors
- File hosting
- Note infrastructure
Chapter 3 — Planning & Checklists
Structure that keeps you methodical.
- Engagement checklist
- Evidence workflow
- Time management
Keep going. Work through each chapter in order, then apply what you learned in the matching labs.