From the course: Performing a Technical Security Audit and Assessment

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Select tools and resources

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From the course: Performing a Technical Security Audit and Assessment

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Select tools and resources

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- [Narrator] Selecting the appropriate tools and resources is critical when planning a technical security assessment. These choices depend on the testing techniques being used in the assessment. For example, vulnerability scanning may require tools like OpenVAS. For third party or traveling assessors. Robust laptops are often the primary testing platforms. While internal assessors may use dedicated servers within the organization's network. Keeping testing tools up to date with the latest versions and patches is essential, as is ensuring operating systems are patched and running only necessary services. Before conducting any tests, different tools may require specific operating systems. For instance, Linux is standard for tools like Legion and OpenVAS, so security assessors may prefer a special purpose testing system like Kali Linux. Other testing tools will require Windows. Virtual machines offer flexibility and independence from the host system. Leveraging VMs allows assessors to…

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