Penetration Test Assistance

Tue Jun 5 18:06:46 UTC 2012

Hi Tim,

A _good_ pen test team would not need a network diagram. Their first round of penetration test would have them build their own network diagram from their analysis of your network. 

Barry

On Jun 5, 2012, at 7:52 AM, Green, Timothy wrote:

> Howdy all,
> 
> I'm a Security Manager of a large network, we are conducting a Pentest next month and the testers are demanding a complete network diagram of the entire network.  We don't have a "complete" network diagram that shows everything and everywhere we are.  At most we have a bunch of network diagrams that show what we have in various areas throughout the country. I've been asking the network engineers for over a month and they seem to be too lazy to put it together or they have no idea where everything is.
> 
> I've never been in this situation before.  Should I be honest to the testers and tell them here is what we have, we aren't sure if it's accurate;  find everything else?  How would they access those areas that we haven't identified?   How can I give them access to stuff that I didn't know existed?
> 
> What do you all do with your large networks?  One huge network diagram, a bunch of network diagrams separated by region, or both?  Any pentest horror stories?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tim
> 
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