Hack I.T.: Security Through Penetration Testing

Chapter 22. Wrapping It Up

Throughout this book we have outlined and described many of the techniques we have found to be successful during penetration testing. As you perform penetration testing, you will develop new techniques and your own favorite tools. One of the most important points for performing adequate penetration testing is keeping your skills and tool kit current. The tools and techniques you use during testing need to be the latest and most up-to-date ones available. The people attacking your networks will be using the latest tools and techniques, so if you are not aware of such tools and have not tested your environment against them, you may be exposed. In this chapter we describe some ways to keep current on the latest tools ...