Nov 8 2012
We covered penetration testing, its types and benefits in our previous posts. In this post, we will deal with phases of penetration testing. As already explained, a penetration test should closely mimic the activities of an attacker. The test is carried out typically in three phases, namely: 1. Pre-attack Phase 2. Attack Phase 3. Post-attack…..
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Nov 7 2012
If we search in internet for types of penetration testing, we may mainly land up in getting two sources of classification as given below: The first source classifies penetration testing as “Internal” and “External” types and they talk about the variations of these types of testing based on the information available to the testing team…..
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Nov 6 2012
A security-conscious client will ask the following questions before considering Penetration Test (PT) on the system: 1. Why should I perform penetration test? 2. What advantages or benefits will it bring to my organization? We will try to address these questions. These are all my personal observations and the reader may have better ideas, which…..
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