Re: Penetration Testing - Human Factor

[Joey Peloquin <joeyp () cotse net>]

KeenerPB () mcnosc usmc mil wrote:
> I would disagree with Arian regarding the technical aspects of "true"
> hacking...in my experience, social engineering plays a huge role in
> successful compromise of a network. Most of the time the boundaries are
> pretty tight so you have to lob one over the fence (social engineering) in
> order to punch out from the inside to defeat the boundary devices. 

All due respect, I'm both an Enterprise pen-test customer and an internal
pen-tester at the same company, and I don't see social engineering on the
radar at all, save a mention as part of our security awareness program.

How many enterprises do you all contract with that *actually* include social
engineering, and the like, in the scope?  We've paid as much as 40K for an
engagement and it didn't include social engineering.

-jp

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