Title :
Improving the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Penetration Test Automation
Author :
Haubris, Kevin P. ; Pauli, Joshua J.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Bus. & Inf. Syst., Dakota State Univ., Madison, SD, USA
Abstract :
During a penetration test there is many different tools used for every step of the test. These steps are done for every penetration test that a company performs. The tools used are focused towards a specific area of the penetration test that range from information gathering to exploitation. This paper introduces scripting certain tools that are used often to make the process more efficient and effective for both the tester and the customer.
Keywords :
security of data; information exploitation; information gathering; information security; penetration test automation; tool scripting; Companies; Libraries; Manuals; Security; Servers; Standards; Testing; penetration testing; scripting; vulnerability scanning;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology: New Generations (ITNG), 2013 Tenth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4967-5
DOI :
10.1109/ITNG.2013.135