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Re: Vulnerability Assessment vs. PenTest
From: "Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)" <hylton () conacher co za>
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2006 21:00:05 +0200
James Harless wrote:
The following comment is my opinion although James' opinion and what has been said before seems to follow the same line:Where is the line between a Vulnerability Assessment and a PenTest? In other words, which tests do you run which identifies your assessment as a pentest rather than a VA?
1. The VA indicates where problems could/might be found/used. 2. A Pentest uses the holes that are found either by a VA or the ones found on a pentest, to see if data/a system can be compromised. A diference now needs to be drawn between a hacker, cracker and security expert. All three categories need further subdividing into black or white. A security expert would generally be equated with a whitehat hacker, however, that does not mean that security experts are not tempted to venture onto 'the dark side'. A whitehat could run a VA or pentest(depending on scope allowed) and advise the company concerned of the possible holes found. A blackhat would perform both a VA and pentest but take personal advantage of the flaws found. The above is my understanding and I'd appreciate any corrections. -- ======================================================================== Currently using SuSE 9.2 Professional with KDE and Mozilla 1.7.2 Linux user # 229959 at http://counter.li.org ======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This List Sponsored by: CenzicConcerned 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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