Re: Pentest Letter of Achievement/Certificate

["R. DuFresne" <dufresne () sysinfo com>]

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Isn;t the final report pentesters report what is being asked for here?(0) 
Or are companies really hung up on and seeking gold stars to post in public 
areas and at the bottom of stationary?  Kinda like the certifications that 
M$ got for NT back in the late 90's I guess, meaningless in any env other 
then the single system they had tested....


Thanks,

Ron DuFresne

(0) in most cases that pentesters report is likely to be backed with the 
corp documentation showing how they mitigated the issues found during the 
pentest.  Afterall, few companeis should ever comeout of a thourough 
penttest unscathed.  So they document how they corrected what was 
discerovered, and perhaps have another outside party verify the 
'corrections'.  but gold starts and report cards, or neat little 
certificates in frames?  <shakes his head>




On Tue, 12 Jul 2005, John Kinsella wrote:

> I think http://www.isecom.org/osstmm/ might cover what you're looking
> for...
>
> John
>
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 10:52:42PM +0200, blowfish 448 wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > any of you know if any 'standards' or accepted guidelines exist for a
> > letter or certification
> > of succesfull resistance to Penetration Testing/Vulnerability Assessment.
> > Customers often
> > demand to have a proof delivered by their Penetration Test service provider
> > to show to their
> > partners and customers.
> >
> > The idea of course is not to disclose sensitive information but to briefly
> > describe
> > the environment tested and how - according to which methodologies and the
> > attack vectors
> > tested for.
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance

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