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    It Penetration Testing

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    Institute Author Retains Full Rights This paper is from the SANS Penetration Testing site. Reposting is not permited without express written permission. Interested in learning more? Check out the list of upcoming events offering "Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling (SEC504)" at https://pen-testing.sans.org/events/ Key fingerprint = AF19 FA27 2F94 998D FDB5 DE3D F8B5 06E4 A169 4E46 A Management Guide to Penetration Testing David A. Shinberg © SANS Institute 2003, © SA

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    Penetration Testing

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    Using penetration testing to enhance your company's security Based on the fundamental principle that prevention is better than cure, penetration testing (pen-testing) is essentially an information assurance activity to determine if information is appropriately secured. Conducted by penetration testers, sometimes referred to as ‘white hats’ or ethical hackers, these tests use the same tools and techniques as the bad guys (‘black hat hackers’), but do so in a controlled manner with the express permission

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    Sales Unit 1 E-commerce Sales Penetration Test Plan Tom Moccia IT542 Dr. Matthew North Kaplan University March 19, 2013 Table of Contents Scope 3 Goals and Objectives 4 Tasks 4 Reporting 7 Schedule 9 Unanswered Questions 10 Authorization Letter 11 References 13 Scope This Vulnerability and Penetration Test Plan is designed specifically for E-commerce Sales and

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    FULL BREACH PENETRATION TEST   1. Reconnaissance.   a.    Establish active and inactive routes into the property. b.    Establish Contractor routines (Cleaners, Builders, Electricians, Technician etc) c.    Establish Courier routines d.    Establish employee routines, (Social Engineering) e. Obtain ID card/s, (Theft or Falsify)   2. Gain entry to the building. (Pretext, Deceit, Employment)   a.    Establish Office layout b.    Establish Sensitive offices (Including ComCen and IT

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    completing the penetration test, discovering the vulnerabilities and exploits in a company’s network and systems, a report must be compiled to present to the board members and management so they can understand what exactly you did as a penetration tester. Writing the penetration report is overlooked by many beginner and unethical penetration testers because the job has been done but now the results and findings need to be communicated back to the people that hired you for the job. The penetration report

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    a successful penetration test by selecting right tools and by making a good Development of assessment plan (ROE). This plan document includes different types of penetration testing; a different penetration testing technique a web application penetration testing methodology and a high level tools and techniques for analysing the security of a particular web application. The reason for making plan document is to make a robust security assessment plan. The main objective of penetration testing is to

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    Dependency on Penetration Testing Michael S. Self University of Maryland University College-Europe Table of Contents Abstract………………………………………………………………………………..…………..3 History and Purpose of Penetration Testing……………………….......................…..………….4 Techniques and Tools for Performing Penetration Testing………….………….……..…………5 Example of Penetration Test Process………………………………....………...…….………….6 References…………………………………………………………………………………………7 Abstract This report will encompass penetration testing

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    Penetration testing Introduction: Penetration testing or Pen testing is to find the vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit a network, web application or a computer. It is generally an attack on a computer looking for security weaknesses, potentially gaining access to the computer 's features and data. The main purpose of penetration testing is to determine the security weaknesses in a system. Pen testing can also be used to test an organization’s security policy

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    network is vulnerable to is to use penetration testing (pen-testing) to find the leaks in and out of our network. Penetration testing is a network security approach that simulates an attack from an intruder trying to get unauthorized access to the infrastructure. With this type of testing the intent is to discover flaws in the security settings of the system before they can be exploited. Information Assurance Research Corporation (IARC) should conduct penetration testing on a regular basis, so we

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    Chapter 3: Practical test “My House lab” Scenario. For this coursework I have decided to perform a penetration testing against “My House lab”, to evaluate and improve my WLAN Infrastructure security. The scenario that I had examined is a WLAN Infrastructure Network using a Virgin Media Super Hub (Netgear) , with more than 10 devices connected . Looking on the internet about the router model I own I could make an interesting discovery. I found an article written by an expert

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