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RE: what to do it illegal activity found during pen-test
From: "Campbell Murray" <campbell () encription co uk>
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 18:53:48 +0100
Hi, I have been following this list closely and have taken some legal advice from colleagues within the UK Police forces and UK solicitors on this matter. The position seems to be quite clear. A) If you discover illegal activity you have an obligation to report this to the proper authorities immediately regardless of contractual obligation. In short your legal obligations supersede any contractual obligations you may have with a client or employer. B) If you choose to report this to your client and let them deal with it you are again obliged to make sure that they DO report it. C) If an offence is not reported and it is later discovered you will find yourself liable for a charge of 'aiding and abetting' the original offence. The over riding theme that I have discovered is that regardless of any contracts you have with your employers or clients in this situation YOU have a responsibility to report the incident. If you do not you are committing an offence yourself. HTH Campbell Murray Encription limited www.encription.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: Paul Robertson [mailto:compuwar () gmail com] Sent: 08 June 2006 23:22 To: Robin Wood Cc: pen-test () securityfocus com Subject: Re: what to do it illegal activity found during pen-test On 6/2/06, Robin Wood <dninja () gmail com> wrote:
Hi I was wondering the other day, what should I do if during a pen test I found some illegal activity (internal, not from hackers) on the network being tested. My initial
My contracts generally give me the authority to report illegal activity to any relevant authority. For things like child pornography, I stop working on whatever the issue is and immediately do a law enforcement notification, followed by a formal client notification. For potentially gray-area matters, I normally give the client the information in writing- the same sort of thing I'd do if I was a company employee who saw something and reported it up the chain. If there's likely to be an issue, I make sure I have the conversation up-front with the client prior to my starting work. Most of my clients appreciate the ethical lines, and most of the folks who don't aren't the type I want as clients. Paul -- fora.compuwar.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This List Sponsored by: Cenzic Concerned about Web Application Security? Why not go with the #1 solution - Cenzic, the only one to win the Analyst's Choice Award from eWeek. As attacks through web applications continue to rise, you need to proactively protect your applications from hackers. Cenzic has the most comprehensive solutions to meet your application security penetration testing and vulnerability management needs. You have an option to go with a managed service (Cenzic ClickToSecure) or an enterprise software (Cenzic Hailstorm). Download FREE whitepaper on how a managed service can help you: http://www.cenzic.com/news_events/wpappsec.php And, now for a limited time we can do a FREE audit for you to confirm your results from other product. Contact us at request () cenzic com for details. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This List Sponsored by: Cenzic Concerned about Web Application Security? Why not go with the #1 solution - Cenzic, the only one to win the Analyst's Choice Award from eWeek. As attacks through web applications continue to rise, you need to proactively protect your applications from hackers. Cenzic has the most comprehensive solutions to meet your application security penetration testing and vulnerability management needs. You have an option to go with a managed service (Cenzic ClickToSecure) or an enterprise software (Cenzic Hailstorm). Download FREE whitepaper on how a managed service can help you: http://www.cenzic.com/news_events/wpappsec.php And, now for a limited time we can do a FREE audit for you to confirm your results from other product. Contact us at request () cenzic com for details. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- what to do it illegal activity found during pen-test Robin Wood (Jun 02)
- Re: what to do it illegal activity found during pen-test Dotzero (Jun 02)
- RE: what to do it illegal activity found during pen-test Andy Meyers (Jun 02)
- RE: what to do it illegal activity found during pen-test Ali-Reza Anghaie (Jun 03)
- Re: what to do it illegal activity found during pen-test Robin Wood (Jun 04)
- RE: what to do it illegal activity found during pen-test Ebeling, Jr., Herman Frederick (Jun 07)
- RE: what to do it illegal activity found during pen-test Andy Meyers (Jun 02)
- Re: what to do it illegal activity found during pen-test Paul Robertson (Jun 08)
- RE: what to do it illegal activity found during pen-test Campbell Murray (Jun 09)
- Re: what to do it illegal activity found during pen-test Robin Wood (Jun 10)
- Re: what to do it illegal activity found during pen-test Paul Robertson (Jun 14)
- RE: what to do it illegal activity found during pen-test Campbell Murray (Jun 09)
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- RE: what to do it illegal activity found during pen-test Michael Scheidell (Jun 02)
- Re: what to do it illegal activity found during pen-test Dotzero (Jun 02)