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Scanning for Vulnerabilities with Nmap 7 Scripting Engine (NSE)

This course will teach you how to use the built-in and custom scripts of Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE) to detect vulnerabilities.

Matt Glass - Pluralsight course - Scanning for Vulnerabilities with Nmap 7 Scripting Engine (NSE)
by Matt Glass

What you'll learn

Testing network security controls and discovering vulnerabilities are important parts of an organization's security plan. In this course, Scanning for Vulnerabilities with Nmap 7 Scripting Engine (NSE), you’ll learn to leverage the NSE and write custom scripts for Nmap. First, you’ll explore built-in NSE scripts. Next, you’ll discover network vulnerabilities of different types. Finally, you’ll learn how to write custom NSE scripts to detect and exploit vulnerabilties. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of the Nmap Scripting Engine needed to detect network vulnerabilities and write custom scripts.

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Matt Glass - Pluralsight course - Scanning for Vulnerabilities with Nmap 7 Scripting Engine (NSE)
Matt Glass

Matt Glass is an IT Project Manager in Stuttgart, Germany, working as a government contractor. He has more than 12 years of IT experience in a variety of roles.

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