Author: iamit
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The Ian Amit Spectrum of Pentesting Efficacy
It’s been a while since I posted (duh), but recently I’ve had something brewing in my mind that appeared to not have been clearly discussed before, so here goes. I’ve been seeing some discussions and ambiguity around pentesting, vulnerability assessment, and red teaming (again – no huge shocker for those of us in the industry).…
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Dumpster fires and security incidents
Full disclosure: this post isn’t about security per-se. It’s here because of recent conversations I’ve had with people from outside the immediate security “industry” who wondered about Equifax from a technical perspective, but mostly from a “WTF are these guys smoking” one ;-). I’m also happily not selling any of this (although I did in…
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When great ideas go to the wrong places
Or: why attribution is not a technical problem. TL;DR: hacking is an art and a science, computer attacks (cyber these days) are only one manifestation of an aggressor, which has very limited traits that can trace it to its origin. Relying on technical evidence without additional aspects is not enough to apply attribution, and when done…
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PTES, remaining impartial, and insisting on high standards
The PTES (Penetration Testing Execution Standard) is standard that a small group of highly motivated and passionate practitioners have created (and yours truly). As such, it is designed to define how a penetration test should be executed – from start to finish. We tried not to skip a single element. We worked tirelessly to make…
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Infosec conferences/talks redux
Don’t mind me, just poking my head in here to make sure the cobwebs haven’t taken over this place yet 😛 So yes – I’m going to be blogging waaay less then before because of, well, life? But I recently saw a post from Daniel Meissler who discussed how (in)effective are modern security talks at…