As an IT administrator, it’s important to be aware of the tools potential adversaries are likely to use against your networks and your applications.

Not only will this help you prepare for attacks and better secure your systems, it can also identify weaknesses, misconfigurations, or unknown services on your network. And as new vulnerabilities are discovered every day, routine scanning of your network and its services lets you see whether any newly-discovered vulnerabilities apply in your configuration. Labs in this category focus on systems-level scanning and exploitation.

For vulnerabilities specific to web-based applications, also consider labs in our Web Application Security Analysis category.