Re: Pen-Test and Social Engineering

[jalvare7 () cajastur es]

Simply, sure! 

Conceptually you're trying to discover the vulnerabilities of an 
environment and show the possible magnitude of an attack on them. If you 
find a password on a postít, or get the administrator to read a forged 
mail with a tojan in it... Those are all exploits of a vulnerable system, 
and there are controls needed to protect againts them, so you are supposed 
to report them.

Regards

Juan Alvarez


Hi
In yuor opinion, can a Social Engineering test be considered part of a 
Pen-Test?

Thanks

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