Penetration Testing Best Practices: 4 Steps to Getting the Most Value from Your Program
Do you want to build a penetration testing program? This best practices guide outlines key elements of success and requirements, including:
- The Plan
- Key elements of the plan
- Focus on this goal
- Considerations as you build a team
- Implications of team structure
- Role of contingency planning
- Scanning and Assessment
- Use automated scanning in these ways
- How to find the most important vulnerabilities
- 4 key elements of a vulnerability landscape
- How to prioritize pentesting targets
- Preparing for Risk-Based Remediation
- Program maturity implications
- Ways to verify high-risk vulnerabilities
- Timeframe for remediation by severity level
- Ownership and approval roles
- Reporting and Continuous Improvement
- Avoid these ineffective tracking tools
- The value of report automation
- Tips to ensure continuous improvement