Re: Pen Testing - Corporate laptop theft

[Michael Yemane <miketyhs () gmail com>]

Interesting hypothetical situation. Never done it, but I would be
hesitant on such a test. I would have a good lawyer look at it first.
Anything outside a clients physical boundary is a grey area I would think.

Mike



On 1/8/2014 6:45 PM, Jamil Ben Alluch wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was working on a mental exercise to see how far a pen test could be
> taken, and came up with this question for which I'd like to have some
> input from those who have done it or would never do it and why (any
> specific case that could be shared).
>
> Has it ever come in your scope/rules of engagement the concept of
> stealing a corporate laptop/device from a given employee given the
> possibility (with the organization's blessing of course) and use that
> to leverage access say to a VPN, admin panels, etc?
>
> The concept itself seems to be at the very edge of legality, but I was
> wondering if this is something that has been attempted and
> successfully bore fruit.
>
> The given scenario I was thinking was about people who work out of the
> office but still have access to critical systems/data within the
> organization and become careless with their devices outside of the
> work place (starbucks, restaurant, airport, bus station, etc..) - It's
> not hard to imagine somebody snatching or borrowing the device in
> order to gain access to a deeper level.
>
> Anyways, food for thought.
>
> Best Regards,
>
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