Python: Penetration Testing for Developers

The penetration testing execution standard

The PTES has seven different phases, namely Pre-engagement Interactions, Intelligence Gathering, Threat Modeling, Vulnerability Analysis, Exploitation, Post Exploitation, and Reporting. Each engagement will follow these phases to some extent, but an experienced assessor will move from one phase to the next smoothly and relatively seamlessly. The biggest benefit of using a methodology is that it allows assessors to evaluate an environment holistically and consistently. Being consistent with an assessment means a couple of things:

• It is less likely that an assessor will miss large vulnerabilities
• It mitigates tunnel vision, which causes assessors to take too much time concentrating in regions that will not ...