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RE: [lists] Re: What to spend on a pentest
From: "Curt Purdy" <purdy () tecman com>
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 16:11:02 -0400
Intel96 wrote:
You also need to determine how much manual testing may have to be performed on the systems. Such as cracking logins, cracking cookies, etc, or searching the systems for embedded passwords in script or configurations files and looking at the database schemes.
<snip> Unfortunately, most pentest companies don't do manual testing. Like the bank that I was ISO at hired NetBankAudit to "pentest" them. They likely had a young tech running scripts on a dozen clients that night and found one minor problem on our acquistion. The next Sunday night between 10pm and 6am, I manually tested and found six serious problems. Curt Purdy CISSP, GSNA, GSEC, CNE, MCSE+I, CCDA Information Security Officer Information Systems Security infosysec.net 443.846.4231 ------------- If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked. What's more, you deserve to be hacked. -- former White House cybersecurity czar Richard Clarke ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This List Sponsored by: Cenzic Concerned about Web Application Security? Why not go with the #1 solution - Cenzic, the only one to win the Analyst's Choice Award from eWeek. As attacks through web applications continue to rise, you need to proactively protect your applications from hackers. Cenzic has the most comprehensive solutions to meet your application security penetration testing and vulnerability management needs. You have an option to go with a managed service (Cenzic ClickToSecure) or an enterprise software (Cenzic Hailstorm). Download FREE whitepaper on how a managed service can help you: http://www.cenzic.com/news_events/wpappsec.php And, now for a limited time we can do a FREE audit for you to confirm your results from other product. Contact us at request () cenzic com for details. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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