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Re: Security Grade


From: JD Lampard <jdlampard () yahoo com>
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 14:49:45 -0800 (PST)

A points system is what I use... 0 (worst) - 10
(best).  Then a overall percentage is given which
helps people put the score into perspective easily. 
However, this can also be misleading... let's say test
by test you get 10 except for a couple tests for
router, firewall, and IDS for which you get very bad
scores.  Looking at the overall score gives a false
sense of security to the casual reporter reader.

Hope this helps.

--- 11ack3r <11ack3r () gmail com> wrote:

Hi,

Is there a security criteria or matrix against which
we could grade
customer's pen test results? Like assigning them
grade between A to E
or 1 to 10.

*.*


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