We've only scratched the surface of hardware product testing with this course.
There is so much more to explore.
So if you want to continue to reinforce and develop in this area,
here are a few resources I recommend you check out.
Common Weakness Enumeration, or CWE,
is a community developed list of common software and
hardware weakness types that have security ramifications and
is hosted by the MITRE corporation.
Weaknesses are defined as flaws, faults,
bugs, or other errors in software or hardware implementation,
code, design, or architecture that, if not addressed,
could result in systems, networks, or hardware being vulnerable to attack.
This is a good starting point for learning about
hardware weaknesses and vulnerabilities.
If you're looking for a broader understanding of penetration testing
techniques that can support hardware product testing,
such as web application or network testing,
then check out some of the courses in the Pluralsight CompTIA Pentest+
certification path which focuses specifically on these topics.
If you're looking for a more entry level introduction to penetration testing,
then take a look at courses in Pluralsight's Ethical Hacking path which
supports progress towards C EH v11 certification.
We made the lightest of light touch introductions
to software reverse engineering.
It's a fascinating topic that can provide so much
information and insight to our targets.
If you'd like to explore this topic further,
then take a look at Pluralsight's Getting Started
with Reverse Engineering course.
Once this course is part of the Malware Analysis path,
the tools and techniques are equally valid for
reverse engineering embedded software.
On the same path is the equally great Reverse Engineering Malware
with Ghidra which will give you greater insight to the capabilities
of Ghidra for reverse engineering firmware.
The final resource is The Hardware Hacking Handbook by
Jasper van Woudenberg and Colin O'Flynn.
The entire focus of their book is on breaking embedded
security with hardware attacks with the aim of enabling you to
better protect new hardware products.
I hope you've enjoyed this Hardware Product Testing course.
I'll see you next time here, on Pluralsight.