Six hours to hack the FBI (and other pen-testing adventures)

Penetration testing - or ethical hacking - is often a good way for enterprises to test their security and to find unknown threats to their system. This article recounts some experiences of an experienced "pen-tester". The CICA's Information Technology Advisory Committee released a white paper on penetration testing in 2003 which is available for free download at www.cica.ca/itac. The white paper is called Using an Ethical Hacking Technique to Assess Information Security Risk. The article is at: Six hours to hack the FBI (and other pen-testing adventures)