RE: Vulnerability Assessment vs. PenTest

["StyleWar" <stylewar () cox net>]

Point of fact that an audit must follow a rigorous program, and has a set of
documentation and traceability requirements with it that an 'assessment'
does not. They are 'approximate'  in the hands of a well disciplined
assessment team - but I would stop a hair short of calling them equal..

-

StyleWar
                     "Ancora Imparo" 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christine Kronberg [mailto:seeker () shalla de] 
> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 11:54 AM
> To: Arkem Paul
> Cc: pen-test () securityfocus com
> Subject: Re: Vulnerability Assessment vs. PenTest
>
> On Sun, 6 Aug 2006, Arkem Paul wrote:
>
> > A Vulnerability Assessment should be a comprehensive look 
> from policy 
> > and procedures to implementation of security in the network 
> and should 
> > include such things as patch management, virus protection, user 
> > education, SOE hardening, infrastructure configuration, etc.
>
>    So basicly an assessment is equal to an audit? The 
> description above
>    is what I usually expect from someone doing an audit.
>    A vulnerability assessment I tend to understand in terms 
> of investigating
>    a specific application (in far more detail than a 
> penetration test).
>
>    There are a couple of term mixed every now and again (like someone
>    else just stated: funny that we professionals don't come 
> up with _one_
>    definition):
>
>    Audit
>    Security Scan
>    Security Assessment
>    Vulnerability Assessment
>    Penetration Test
>
>    Did I miss one?
>
>    Cheers,
>
>    Christine Kronberg.
>
>
>
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