External Penetration Testing
What is External Penetration Testing?
Authorized security testing conducted from outside the organization's network perimeter to identify vulnerabilities accessible from the internet.
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What the standards actually require on external penetration testing
Requirements naming external penetration testing across 5 standards, quoted from the control text.
External penetration testing is performed at least once every 12 months and after any significant infrastructure or application upgrade or change.
11.4.3 · External penetration testing annually →Conduct external penetration testing of a scope sufficient to satisfy the scope requirement, at a frequency determined by an appropriate risk analysis and no less frequently than annually for covered entities, with the required annual test performed by indepen...
CFTC-SS-14 · External Penetration Testing →Perform periodic external penetration tests based on program requirements, no less than annually. External penetration testing must include enterprise and environmental reconnaissance to detect exploitable information.
CIS-18.2 · Perform Periodic External Penetration Tests →The Privacy Protection (Data Security) Regulations 5777-2017 (Takhanot Hagannat Hapratiyot - Avtahat Meidah) supplement the 1981 Law with detailed technical and organisational security requirements + graduated by Security Level Classification (Basic/Medium/Hig...
IsraelPPL-DataSecurity-Regulations2017-ISO-CISO-Access-Logging-Backup-Physical-Removable-Annual-Audit · Israel POPL Data Security Regulations 5777-2017 + ISO Information Security Officer + Access Control + Logging + Backup + Physical Security + Removable Media + Risk Assessment + Penetration Testing + Annual Internal Audit + Amendment 13 Cyber Updates →Implement NIST 800-53 AU Audit and Accountability family + CM Configuration Management family + Information System Continuous Monitoring (ISCM) program per MARS-E v2.0.
MARS-E-Audit-Accountability-Continuous-Monitoring-AU-Family-CM-Family-SIEM-Log-Retention-IRS-Pub-1075 · MARS-E Audit + Accountability + Continuous Monitoring + AU + CM Families + SIEM + IRS Pub 1075 →Questions people ask about external penetration testing
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