From: killy (killfactorygmail.com)
Date: Sun Jul 16 2006 - 12:50:53 CDT

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The NSA has a couple:

IAM = InfoSec Assessment Methodolgy
http://www.iatrp.com/iam.cfm
IEM = InfoSec Evaluation Methodology
http://www.iatrp.com/iem.cfm

On 7/14/06, Steve Armstrong <stevearmstronglogicallysecure.com> wrote:
> Please excuse this request, if it sounds noddy. . . .
>
> Having worked in the areas of penetration testing, vulnerability
> analysis, operational security, risk analysis and accreditation (the UK
> Government's process of getting authority to operate for 'classified'
> systems), I have yet to come across an open source vulnerability
> analysis framework.
>
> We have loads of in-house procedures for actually doing the testing and
> documents for pre, during and post testing, but nothing that would allow
> another tester to repeat the same contract and produce the same results
> or report. More importantly there appears to be nothing in the public
> domain for the customer to read and understand what we were trying to
> achieve and what his role in the process was prior to our engagement.
>
> It sort of comes down to the fact that there is no way of getting two
> testers to give you the same results for testing the same network, and
> while this is good for business in the short term, it does not seem
> useful for the client in the long term.
>
> Thus my question to the lists is:
>
> Bar the OSSTMM and the Hacking Exposed methodologies, what other
> open source or otherwise testing and test definition frameworks are out
> there?
>
> I am looking really at all aspects of data access via network enabled
> connectivity at the moment, other types of access and risks will come
> later.
>
> The main reason for asking is this that recently, I devised what appears
> to be a comprehensive process that should allow two different testing
> bodies to produce the same test plan and more importantly the same
> results; and while some generally ignore variations in the testers
> skills, this will allow the client to confirm before the testing occurs
> that the tester has the necessary skills.
>
> So before I go through the stages of developing this framework (will be
> open source) further, I though it best to check it has not already been
> done. I would be grateful for any pointers and urls.
>
> Thx
>
> Steve A
> (nebs)
>
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