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Information Security Handbook
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Information Security Handbook

by Darren Death
December 2017
Beginner
330 pages
9h 1m
English
Packt Publishing
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Types of technical testing

  • Vulnerability assessment: Vulnerability scanning serves to interrogate a specific information system or an entire network to discover weaknesses in their security posture.
  • Web application vulnerability assessment: A specific type of vulnerability assessment that is targeted at web-based applications versus servers and networks. This type of assessment attempts to find weaknesses in application code and logic.
  • Static code analysis: Static code analysis inspects the source code of an application and attempts to determine whether flaws exist that could be exploited by an attacker.
  • Penetration testing: Penetration testing takes the results of vulnerability assessments and validates that an identified weakness is an ...
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ISBN: 9781788478830