Penetration Tests Are The Check Engine Light On Your Security Operations
• White Paper
A penetration test serves as a lagging indicator of a network security operations problem. Organizations should implement and document several security controls before a penetration test can be useful.
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Software Engineering Institute
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Abstract
Penetration testing is a way of testing your security controls against realistic attacks. However, it assumes that you have a known set of controls to test. Just as you wouldn't build a vehicle maintenance plan based on the check engine light alone, it's suboptimal to start improving network security operations with a penetration test.