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Re: Government Compliance

Subject: Re: Government Compliance
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 08:07:43 -0400


Dave wrote:

"... The guidance for penetration testing was reviewed at [department
committee] meeting... penetration testing shall consist of [product
name deleted] vulnerability scans and running [product name deleted]
for cracking passwords... if this has been done AgencyX shall get
credit for penetration testing...."


Of course, I think most of us on this list would agree that this
definition doesn't actually cover penetration testing.  It's more like
what we typically call "vulnerability assessment" (if we're charitable).
However, there are a lot of "penetration testers" who define their job
as indicated above, so it's easy to see where this kind of confusion
comes from.

IMHO, it's probably not worth quitting your job over, but good luck to
you if you do decide to look elsewhere.

        David

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