Development of penetration testing model for increasing network security
Rahmat Budiarto, Sureswaran Ramadass, Azman Samsudin, S. Noor · 2004
With the emergence of network globalization and advent of Internet being the major tool for international information exchange and platform for the future, security has always been the most talked about topics. Network administrators have often tried their best by improving their network security, however with rapid surface of new exploits; the best way of ensuring that the system is secure is to attempt penetration testing. This would be the most effective way to find exploits and to proof whether a system is vulnerable. Penetration testing often allows the security analyst to find new vulnerabilities. This study is aimed at producing a model for security professionals on insight of penetration testing.