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Black Swan Security

A blog about cybersecurity.

Month: May 2011

May 26, 2011April 1, 2022 Phil

How to develop a security test strategy, part three

Testing

This is the third in a series of posts describing how to put together a security testing stategy and the associated test plans. Part one is here and part two is here. This is what I want to see covered in security test plans. Whenever I ask the supplier to…

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May 25, 2011April 1, 2022 Phil

How to develop a security test strategy, part two

Testing

This is the second in a series of posts describing how to put together a security testing stategy and the associated test plans. Part one is here and part three is here. What do you need to write a security test plan? The folowing documents comprise the list of what…

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May 24, 2011April 1, 2022 Phil

How to develop a security test strategy, part one

Testing

This is the first of a series of posts describing how to put together a security testing strategy and the associated test plans. Part two is here and part three is here. What is a security test strategy A security test strategy is a key document deliverable to get into…

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May 23, 2011April 1, 2022 Phil

What I need from pen test reports.

Testing

I get a lot of pen test reports to read. They vary from beautifully crafted prose extolling the skilled exploitation of the system by security testing artistes to functional dumps of tool output into a word format by jobbing vulnerability scanners. Usually I read that report once, I use the…

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