From the course: Performing a Technical Security Audit and Assessment

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Challenge: Write a security assessment methodology

Challenge: Write a security assessment methodology

From the course: Performing a Technical Security Audit and Assessment

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Challenge: Write a security assessment methodology

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(playful music) - [Instructor] In this chapter, I described why it's important to write a security assessment plan, and I included a template for you to follow in the handouts. Section four of this template is the methodology. Your challenge is to practice writing the methodology of a security assessment plan for a given scenario. Here's the scenario. The assessment will be an external covert test. Refer to my video on selecting your testing viewpoint if you need to review these concepts. Ask yourself how you would conduct this type of assessment and in your methodology, describe the processes you would follow. As far as what to include in your methodology, think about the assessment stages I described in the technical security assessment methodology video. In this section of the security assessment plan, you might mention what you've done or will do in the planning and post execution stages. But in the methodology, you…

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