Top 100 Network Security Tools is the third article in a series on audit and security tools. The first article, How to Stay out of Jail, stresses that you need a GOOJ card before you use any security tools or techniques. The second article, What Needs to be on a GOOJ Card, outlines how to create a GOOJ card.
Key point: Never use security or cracker tools on networks or devices from your employer or that you do not own unless you have permission in writing.
In this article, I describe a few security tools that I believe every auditor or security analyst should be familiar with, or at the very least, be aware of.
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SC Magazine had a good article back in November (I am a bit behind in my reading and my blogging) about industry pioneers in IT security. Listed below are quotes by a select few of the people the mag profiled. If you find their quotes interesting, or you are not familiar with them, I suggest you check out the article and perhaps do some extra reading about some of them.
I thought cryptography was a technique that did not require your trusting other people…” – Whitfield Diffie
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