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PENETRATION TESTING

LEVEL I - HIGH LEVEL ASSESSMENT

A top-down look at the organization's policies, procedures, standards and guidelines. A Level I assessment does not usually involve hands-on technical work. During this period a technical system's security is not actually tested, rather policies and procedures.

The following items are explored:

  • New User Requests or Changes
  • Physical Security Policies
  • Alerting and Monitoring Policies
  • Logging and Pattern Analysis Policies

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