This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Summary
This chapter examined several packet sniffers, network scanners, and vulnerability scanners. Each of these tools can provide an automated assessment of vulnerabilities that exist on a given computer, web application, or network. Vulnerability scanning can be a preliminary step in identifying attack vectors for a penetration test, or it can be a separate test in and of itself. It is important, however, to keep in mind that a vulnerability scan is not a penetration test.
Cyber threat intelligence can help your penetration testing approach be focused on the current and emerging threats. If you are not aware of the current dangers to a target network, then your penetration test will be, at most, incomplete.
