Rishalin Pillay
Pluralsight Author
Rishalin is a prolific author and cybersecurity expert. He has authored several video courses on Pluralsight, as well as three books: "Learn Penetration Testing", "Offensive Shellcode from Scratch." and "Ethical Hacking Workshop". He is also a technical contributor to many other books on topics such as dark web analysis, Kali Linux, offensive security, and SECOPS. He has received the Microsoft Content Publisher Gold and Platinum awards for his contributions to the cybersecurity industry. Rishalin is currently a Principal Red Team Consultant for the Google Red Team.
Topics Authored
IT Ops
Security Professional
Courses Authored
27
Total Ratings
422
Avg Course Ratings
4.3
Courses by Rishalin
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Labs
Achieve Privilege Escalation and Persistence Using PowerShell
Advanced
1h
Jun 10, 2025
Course
Privilege Escalation for Offensive Security Professionals
Advanced
1h 38m
Feb 04, 2025
Labs
Network Attacks: Command and Control
Beginner
1h 15m
Dec 06, 2024
(53)
Labs
Network Attacks: Privilege Escalation
Beginner
55m
Nov 04, 2024
(49)
Labs
Network Attacks: Reverse Shells
Beginner
1h
Aug 22, 2024
(171)
Course
Post Exploitation Operations with Cobalt Strike
Intermediate
1h 20m
Aug 01, 2024
Course
SC-200: Manage a Security Operations Environment
Intermediate
1h 53m
Mar 29, 2024
Course
Implementing and Managing Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Intermediate
1h 38m
Oct 13, 2023
Course
Implementing and Managing Microsoft Sentinel
Intermediate
1h 35m
Oct 12, 2023
Course
Implementing and Managing Microsoft Defender for O365
Intermediate
1h 42m
Oct 05, 2023
Course
Implementing and Managing Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Intermediate
1h 47m
Sep 19, 2023
Course
Implementing and Managing Microsoft Defender for Identity
Intermediate
1h 18m
Aug 15, 2023
Course
Microsoft Defender: Introduction
Beginner
26m
Jun 29, 2023
(11)
Course
Mitigate Threats Using Microsoft 365 Defender
Intermediate
2h 26m
Dec 16, 2022
(20)
Course
Windows Server 2022: Security Management
Intermediate
2h 31m
Sep 23, 2022
Course
Leverage PowerShell Tools for Pen Testing
Intermediate
1h 28m
May 17, 2022
Course
Exfiltration with CloakifyFactory
Intermediate
20m
Oct 01, 2021
Course
Securing Windows Server 2019
Beginner
2h 59m
Jan 11, 2021
(20)
Course
Persistence with Empire
Intermediate
23m
Oct 23, 2020
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Course
Privilege Escalation for Offensive Security Professionals
Advanced
1h 38m
Feb 04, 2025
Course
Post Exploitation Operations with Cobalt Strike
Intermediate
1h 20m
Aug 01, 2024
Course
SC-200: Manage a Security Operations Environment
Intermediate
1h 53m
Mar 29, 2024
Course
Implementing and Managing Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Intermediate
1h 38m
Oct 13, 2023
Course
Implementing and Managing Microsoft Sentinel
Intermediate
1h 35m
Oct 12, 2023
Course
Implementing and Managing Microsoft Defender for O365
Intermediate
1h 42m
Oct 05, 2023
Course
Implementing and Managing Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Intermediate
1h 47m
Sep 19, 2023
Course
Implementing and Managing Microsoft Defender for Identity
Intermediate
1h 18m
Aug 15, 2023
Course
Microsoft Defender: Introduction
Beginner
26m
Jun 29, 2023
(11)
Course
Mitigate Threats Using Microsoft 365 Defender
Intermediate
2h 26m
Dec 16, 2022
(20)
Course
Windows Server 2022: Security Management
Intermediate
2h 31m
Sep 23, 2022
Course
Leverage PowerShell Tools for Pen Testing
Intermediate
1h 28m
May 17, 2022
Course
Exfiltration with CloakifyFactory
Intermediate
20m
Oct 01, 2021
Course
Securing Windows Server 2019
Beginner
2h 59m
Jan 11, 2021
(20)
Course
Persistence with Empire
Intermediate
23m
Oct 23, 2020
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Labs
Achieve Privilege Escalation and Persistence Using PowerShell
Advanced
1h
Jun 10, 2025
Labs
Network Attacks: Command and Control
Beginner
1h 15m
Dec 06, 2024
(53)
Labs
Network Attacks: Privilege Escalation
Beginner
55m
Nov 04, 2024
(49)
Labs
Network Attacks: Reverse Shells
Beginner
1h
Aug 22, 2024
(171)
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Course
Credential Access with John the RipperRETIRED
Intermediate
23m
Jul 31, 2025(13)
Course
People Information Gathering with the Social Engineering Toolkit (SET)RETIRED
Intermediate
23m
Jul 31, 2025(14)
Course
Privilege Escalation with PEASS-NGRETIRED
Intermediate
20m
Jul 31, 2025
Course
Command and Control with EmpireRETIRED
Intermediate
22m
Jul 31, 2025
Course
Tools and Code Analysis for CompTIA Pentest+RETIRED
Intermediate
2h 1m
Jun 23, 2025
Course
Microsoft 365 Security: Threat Protection Implementation and ManagementRETIRED
Intermediate
4h
Oct 04, 2023(23)
Course
Mitigate Threats Using Microsoft 365 DefenderRETIRED
Intermediate
2h 12m
Dec 16, 2022(30)
Course
Protecting Endpoints with Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat ProtectionRETIRED
Intermediate
2h 14m
Jul 01, 2021(18)