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Guidelines for Developing Penetration Rules of Behavior
Penetration testing has been well popularized by the media, many companies are now offering penetration services to identify vulnerabilities in systems and the surrounding processes. Several reasons are given for ...
Written by: Nancy Simpson and added on March 5, 2011Security Life Cycle - 1. DIY Assessment
What follows is a simplified and comprehensive way to get a quick self-assessment, this paper covers one phase of the Security Life Cycle, Assessment. Ever wondered where do you stand ...
Written by: Lee Wan Wai and added on May 8, 2011Instruments of the Information Security Trade
Internet security is extremely important today, the amount lost due to intrusions and hacking incidents has increased tremendously over the years. (1) How important is security to your company? Is ...
Written by: Mark Graff and added on Jan. 6, 2011An Overview of Remote Operating System Fingerprinting
Operating System (OS) fingerprinting is the science of determining the operating system of a remote computer on the Internet. This may be accomplished passively by sniffing network packets travelling between ...
Written by: Chris Trowbridge and added on March 12, 2011Penetration Studies - A Technical Overview
This paper takes the position of an unauthorized external user with no specific knowledge of the target network other then what is available via public information and what the malicious ...
Written by: Timothy Layton and added on March 5, 2011Penetration 101 - Introduction to becoming a Penetration Tester
The purpose of this paper is to give you a brief and basic overview of what to look for when starting out in penetration testing and to build up an ...
Written by: Dave Burrows and added on Feb. 17, 2011Penetration Testing - Is it right for you?
The process of performing a penetration test is to verify that new and existing applications, networks and systems are not vulnerable to a security risk that could allow unauthorized access ...
Written by: Jimmy Braden and added on March 28, 2011Penetration Testing: The Third Party Hacker
Penetration testing is the process of probing and identifying security vulnerabilities in a network and the extent to which they might be exploited by outside parties. It is a necessary ...
Written by: Jessica Lowery and added on May 4, 2011Sample Penetration Test Report
This paper documents a penetration test done by Imperva's Application Defense Center against Imperva's demonstration application. It provides an example of an Imperva penetration test as well as insight into ...
Document added on March 25, 2011Conducting a Penetration Test on an Organization
This document is decided to give readers an outlook on how a penetration test can be successfully done on an organization. A methodology has been drawn out in this document ...
Document added on April 3, 2011