Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT)

Detailed guide with highlighted threats, risk exposure, and remediations (English Edition)

Rishabh Bhardwaj

• Publisher: BPB Publications
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9789365892666
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Cryptography
• Index: Computer Science

Description
Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) combinations are a huge requirement for all organizations to improve their security posture. The VAPT process helps highlight the associated threats and risk exposure within the organization. This book covers practical VAPT technologies, dives into the logic of vulnerabilities, and explains effective methods for remediation to close them.This book is a complete guide to VAPT, blending theory and practical skills. It begins with VAPT fundamentals, covering lifecycle, threat models, and risk assessment. You will learn infrastructure security, setting up virtual labs, and using tools like Kali Linux, Burp Suite, and OWASP ZAP for vulnerability assessments. Application security topics include static (SAST) and dynamic (DAST) analysis, web application penetration testing, and API security testing. With hands-on practice using Metasploit and exploiting vulnerabilities from the OWASP Top 10, you will gain real-world skills. The book concludes with tips on crafting professional security reports to present your findings effectively.After reading this book, you will learn different ways of dealing with VAPT. As we all come to know the challenges faced by the industries, we will learn how to overcome or remediate these vulnerabilities and associated risks.

Key Features
? Establishes a strong understanding of VAPT concepts, lifecycle, and threat modeling frameworks.
? Provides hands-on experience with essential tools like Kali Linux, Burp Suite, and OWASP ZAP and application security, including SAST, DAST, and penetration testing.
? Guides you through creating clear and concise security reports to effectively communicate findings.

What you will learn
? Learn how to identify, assess, and prioritize vulnerabilities based on organizational risks.
? Explore effective remediation techniques to address security vulnerabilities efficiently.
? Gain insights into reporting vulnerabilities to improve an organization's security posture.
? Apply VAPT concepts and methodologies to enhance your work as a security researcher or tester.

Who this book is for
This book is for current and aspiring emerging tech professionals, students, and anyone who wishes to understand how to have a rewarding career in emerging technologies such as cybersecurity, vulnerability management, and API security testing.

Table of Contents
1. VAPT, Threats, and Risk Terminologies
2. Infrastructure Security Tools and Techniques
3. Performing Infrastructure Vulnerability Assessment
4. Beginning with Static Code Analysis
5. Dynamic Application Security Testing Analysis
6. Infrastructure Pen Testing
7. Approach for Web Application Pen Testing
8. Web Application Manual Testing
9. Application Programming Interface Pen Testing
10. Report Writing

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• About the Author
• About the Reviewers
• Acknowledgement
• Preface
• Table of Contents
• 1. VAPT, Threats, and Risk Terminologies
• 2. Infrastructure Security Tools and Techniques
• 3. Performing Infrastructure Vulnerability Assessment
• 4. Beginning with Static Code Analysis
• 5. Dynamic Application Security Testing Analysis
• 6. Infrastructure Pen Testing
• 7. Approach for Web Application Pen Testing
• 8. Web Application Manual Testing
• 9. Application Programming Interface Pen Testing
• 10. Report Writing
• Index