Kali Linux 2018: Assuring Security by Penetration Testing - Fourth Edition

Penetration Testing Execution Standard

The Penetration Testing Execution Standard consists of seven main sections. They cover everything concerning a penetration test – from the preliminary communication and effort behind a pen test; through the information-gathering and threat-modeling phases where testers are working behind the scenes to get a better understanding of the tested corporation; through vulnerability research, exploitation, and post-exploitation, where the practical security knowledge of the testers come to play and combine with the business intelligence; and finally to reporting, which outlines the entire procedure in a format that the customer can understand. This version can be considered v1.0 as the core elements of the ...