Unauthorised Access: Physical Penetration Testing For IT Security Teams
Wil Allsopp
Language: English
Pages: 308
ISBN: 0470747617
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
The first guide to planning and performing a physical penetration test on your computer's security
Most IT security teams concentrate on keeping networks and systems safe from attacks from the outside-but what if your attacker was on the inside? While nearly all IT teams perform a variety of network and application penetration testing procedures, an audit and test of the physical location has not been as prevalent. IT teams are now increasingly requesting physical penetration tests, but there is little available in terms of training. The goal of the test is to demonstrate any deficiencies in operating procedures concerning physical security.
Featuring a Foreword written by world-renowned hacker Kevin D. Mitnick and lead author of The Art of Intrusion and The Art of Deception, this book is the first guide to planning and performing a physical penetration test. Inside, IT security expert Wil Allsopp guides you through the entire process from gathering intelligence, getting inside, dealing with threats, staying hidden (often in plain sight), and getting access to networks and data.
- Teaches IT security teams how to break into their own facility in order to defend against such attacks, which is often overlooked by IT security teams but is of critical importance
- Deals with intelligence gathering, such as getting access building blueprints and satellite imagery, hacking security cameras, planting bugs, and eavesdropping on security channels
- Includes safeguards for consultants paid to probe facilities unbeknown to staff
- Covers preparing the report and presenting it to management
In order to defend data, you need to think like a thief-let Unauthorised Access show you how to get inside.
Learning Nessus for Penetration Testing
Network Security Hacks: Tips & Tools for Protecting Your Privacy (2nd Edition)
The Rise of the American Corporate Security State: Six Reasons to Be Afraid
Predicting Malicious Behavior: Tools and Techniques for Ensuring Global Security
Be an additional layer of security, a checksum or completely random. Kris created a new barcode with the date of the penetration test coded into it and imported the resulting .jpg into Photoshop to paste on to his badge. He’d have to assume the trailing characters were random, if the badge didn’t work he’d just have to wing it. He smiled; winging it was what he did best. Introduction to Discrete Photography An important skill to develop is being able to photograph people, often at close.
Information anyone needs to breech security is freely available; the difficult part is recognizing and analyzing it. Of the remaining 10 percent, well over half can usually be inferred from that 90. With any given objective, there are usually only a limited number of sensible conclusions. This has never been more true than right now in the 21st century. With the all-pervading nature of the Internet, information gathering has never been easier; we are now a culture of information exhibitionists.
Ghz and 2.4 ghz) - Cameras are interesting because they represent an opportunity to turn a company’s own security against them. By eavesdropping on cameras, you are doing precisely that. • Walkie Talkie chatter - Site wide communications are rarely encrypted and listening in may give you insight as to the location and quantity of security guards as well as other information. For scanning cameras, you need a laptop with appropriate hardware and software or a dedicated handheld scanner with a.
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