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RE: Business justification for pentesting
From: Michael Gargiullo <mgargiullo () pvtpt com>
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 20:09:50 -0400
I agree with Craig on this. PT is a small part of a security audit. Yes it's an important part (vetting the controls in a practical manner), but it's only one part. -Mike -----Original Message----- From: Craig Wright [mailto:cwright () bdosyd com au] Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 4:38 PM To: Kevin Reiter Cc: sectraq () gmail com; pen-test () securityfocus com Subject: RE: Business justification for pentesting A pen test does not and by nature cover the requirements for SOX or any of the other areas. A Pen test can be used as a part of an audit but is not an audit. This is a common misconception, but it is definately wrong. I see this a lot (being a manager in a chartered firm). The audit requirements can not be satisfied by a pen test and any firm that believes this is deluding themself Craig -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Reiter [mailto:tux () penguinnetwerx net] Sent: Wed 31/08/2005 3:18 PM To: Cc: sectraq () gmail com; pen-test () securityfocus com Subject: Re: Business justification for pentesting Don't forget about federal regulatory compliance issues, if your business falls under those categories (SOX, GLBA, etc.) Your company may even be *required* to have a third-party audit/test done periodically (i.e. once per year) in order to be "certified" to meet those federal requirements, as well as other items put in place (IDS, monitoring, etc.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Audit your website security with Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner: Hackers are concentrating their efforts on attacking applications on your website. Up to 75% of cyber attacks are launched on shopping carts, forms, login pages, dynamic content etc. Firewalls, SSL and locked-down servers are futile against web application hacking. Check your website for vulnerabilities to SQL injection, Cross site scripting and other web attacks before hackers do! Download Trial at: http://www.securityfocus.com/sponsor/pen-test_050831 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current thread:
- RE: Business justification for pentesting Craig Wright (Sep 01)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Business justification for pentesting Leveque, Vincent E. (Sep 01)
- RE: Business justification for pentesting Craig Wright (Sep 01)
- Re: Business justification for pentesting Kevin Reiter (Sep 02)
- RE: Business justification for pentesting Steve Manzuik (Sep 01)
- RE: Business justification for pentesting Vic N (Sep 01)
- RE: Business justification for pentesting Kyle Starkey (Sep 01)
- RE: Business justification for pentesting Craig Wright (Sep 02)
- RE: Business justification for pentesting Vic N (Sep 02)
- RE: Business justification for pentesting Michael Gargiullo (Sep 02)
- RE: Business justification for pentesting Craig Wright (Sep 05)
- RE: Business justification for pentesting Vic N (Sep 05)
- RE: Business justification for pentesting Craig Wright (Sep 06)