From the course: Ethical Hacking: Footprinting and Reconnaissance (2016)

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Footprinting pen testing and reports

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From the course: Ethical Hacking: Footprinting and Reconnaissance (2016)

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Footprinting pen testing and reports

- [Voiceover] Everyday, more and more information is added to data repositories and publicly accessible websites. A footprinting and reconnaissance exercise is conducted to find out information about an organization's network architecture and operating systems by using visibly available information on the internet and other publicly accessible sources. The results should be recorded, as to assist the security analyst in preventing information leakage, by using publicly available data. Footprinting and reconnaissance is essential for every business. And should be done in some form on a regular basis. Many government agencies in the United States and other nations are involved in promoting activities such as ethical hacking, as a self-study in the security of their systems. The United States Congress wants a federal background check to include a review of social media for employees two times in a five year period. The Federal Information Security Management Act, or FISMA, is a framework…

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