Penetration Testing
The use of penetration testing to test the security and safety of a network is a common practice among many firms. It is further often normal to not inform the relevant staff and personnel behind a network about what is about to occur so that they are truly tested based on what they would normally be doing. However, there are legal and other minefields to doing such testing and all of the people involved need to be careful to cross all the t's and dot the I's before getting too deep into such testing. While penetration testing needs to be as complete and realistic as possible, there are some precautions and other steps that must be taken.
Best Practices
As one might expect, the big thing to have when it comes to penetration testing is permission to so do. However, it is important to define what that means in the context of a "surprise" penetration testing instance. Indeed, the standards relating to this are set in many respects by an organization known as the SANS institute. The group suggests all of the following:
• Make sure to have the auditor doing the penetration testing be represented by legal counsel. This will lead to the...
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