Acta Informatica Pragensia 2016, 5(2), 98-117 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aip.886186

PETA: Methodology of Information Systems Security Penetration Testing

Tomáš Klíma
Department of Systems Analysis, Faculty of Informatics and Statistics, University of Economics, Prague, W. Churchill Sq. 4, 130 67 Prague 3, Czech Republic

Current methodologies of information systems penetration testing focuses mainly on a high level and technical description of the testing process. Unfortunately, there is no methodology focused primarily on the management of these tests. It often results in a situation when the tests are badly planned, managed and the vulnerabilities found are unsystematically remediated. The goal of this article is to present new methodology called PETA which is focused mainly on the management of penetration tests. Development of this methodology was based on the comparative analysis of current methodologies. New methodology incorporates current best practices of IT governance and project management represented by COBIT and PRINCE2 principles. Presented methodology has been quantitatively evaluated.

Keywords: IT security, Penetration testing, Methodology, IT security audit

Received: March 24, 2016; Revised: October 16, 2016; Accepted: October 22, 2016; Published: December 31, 2016  Show citation

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