Penetration Testing: A Guide For Business and IT Managers

  • 3h 51m
  • BCS-CREST Penetration Testing Working Group
  • BCS
  • 2019

Penetration testing is the attempt to professionally break in to an organisation's computer systems, with the goal of determining whether the systems are secure.

This guide for business and IT managers, developed in collaboration with CREST, explains the process of penetration testing and the benefits it brings. The book provides essential insight and tips for setting up a penetration testing programme, maintaining it, and responding to the results of penetration tests.

In this Book

  • What is Penetration Testing?
  • Successful Penetration Testing: An Overview
  • Regulatory Management For Penetration Testing
  • Embedding Penetration Testing Within Organisational Security Policies and Procedures
  • Outcome- and Intelligence-Led Penetration Testing
  • Scoping A Penetration Test
  • Penetration Test Coverage and Simulating the Threat
  • Building Organisational Capability For Penetration Testing
  • Commissioning Penetration Tests
  • Selecting Tools For Penetration Testing
  • Good Practice For Penetration Testing
  • Role and Coverage of Reporting
  • Interpretation and Application of Report Outcomes
  • Acting On Penetration Testing Results
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