From: James Harless (jharless@kidwellcompanies.com)
Date: Fri Aug 04 2006 - 16:56:32 EDT
Where is the line between a Vulnerability Assessment and a PenTest? In
other words, which tests do you run which identifies your assessment as
a pentest rather than a VA?
And, related, do VAs still have value? Do you feel that a PenTest
includes everything that a VA would (and more)?
My thoughts are that a VA is just an effort to document all the
identified and potential vulnerabilities on a network. A PenTest is an
attempt to identify those vulnerabilities and then exploit some of them
to verify their weakness.
James
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