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RE: Business justification for pentesting
From: "Craig Wright" <cwright () bdosyd com au>
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 06:37:59 +1000
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.)
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- RE: Business justification for pentesting Craig Wright (Sep 01)
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- 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)