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« on: March 16, 2007, 07:48:54 AM »

Anyone see this months issue of Info Sec magazine? 

Bruce Schneier and Marcus Ranum did a face off piece on Penetration testing.  Not exactly a glowing recommendation of the profession.  At some level, I have to agree with what they say though.
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« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2007, 08:46:29 AM »

Here is direct link

http://informationsecurity.techtarget.com/magItem/0,291266,sid42_gci1245619,00.html

After reading it, its pretty obvious neither of them are big proponents of pen testing. It makes sense on some level, if your not going to do anything with the report, why bother spending the money. The only reason is for it then would be compliance issues. I personally think pen testing does provide some value, but the market is flooded with below average pen testers which waters down the effectiveness of it. Also, I think simply coming in and reviewing and revising IT processes like patching, best practices, and IR policy is more effective then a network pen test in the long run.
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« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2007, 10:00:15 AM »

I agree
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