Penetration Testing: Re: Physical Security - Pen Test

[Marco Ivaldi <raptor () mediaservice net>]

Paul,

On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, iadcc wrote:

> Has anybody ever conducted a physical security penetration test? Do you 
> have a sample test plan you used? I have formulated some Social 
> Engineering tests we could try but anything else would be useful./
Just a few suggestions off the top of my head:

http://www.isecom.info/mirror/osstmm.en.2.2.pdf
http://www.isecom.org/osstmm3.HUMSEC.draft.pdf

http://www.vulnerabilityassessment.co.uk/Penetration%20Test.html
http://security.ucdavis.edu/physical_security.cfm

http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/fips140-3/physec/physecdoc.html
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-12/800-12-html/chapter15.html
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-115/SP800-115.pdf
http://www.tuev-nord.com.ua/itgr/IT_grund/threat.pdf (see also www.bsi.de)

http://seclists.org/pen-test/2004/Dec/0011.html (all thread)

Watch out for OSSTMM 3.0, which will extensively cover PHYSSEC channel 
testing (encompassing both Human and Physical Security).
Cheers,

--
Marco Ivaldi, OPST
Lead Security Analyst     Data Security Division
@ Mediaservice.net Srl    http://mediaservice.net/


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