Vulnerability assessment is an examination of the ability of a system or application, including the current security procedures and controls, to withstand assault.What does a vulnerability assessment identify?
This is a group of people hired to give details of the vulnerabilities present in the system found after a penetration test. They are elite and extremely competent penetration testers and intrusion analysts. This team prepares a report on the vulnerabilities in the system, attack methods, and how to defend against them.What is this team called?
ARP spoofing is a technique whereby an attacker sends fake ("spoofed") Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) messages onto a Local Area Network. Generally, the aim is to associate the attacker's MAC address with the IP address of another host (such as the default gateway), causing any traffic meant for that IP address to be sent to the attacker instead.ARP spoofing attack is used as an opening for other attacks.What type of attack would you launch after successfully deploying ARP spoofing?
Amazon Consulting Corporation provides penetration testing and managed security services to companies. Legality and regulatory compliance is one of the important components in conducting a successful security audit.Before starting a test, one of the agreements both the parties need to sign relates to limitations, constraints, liabilities, code of conduct, and indemnification considerations between the parties.Which agreement requires a signature from both the parties (the penetration tester and the company)?
From where can clues about the underlying application environment can be collected?
A penetration test will show you the vulnerabilities in the target system and the risks associated with it. An educated valuation of the risk will be performed so that the vulnerabilities can be reported as High/Medium/Low risk issues.What are the two types of white-box penetration testing?
