Guidelines for penetration testers
Having the skill set of an ethical hacker and penetration tester, you need to be aware of the boundaries between ethical and criminal activities. Remember, performing any intrusive actions using a computing system or network to cause harm to another person, system, or organization is illegal by law. Therefore, penetration testers must follow a code of conduct to ensure they always remain on the ethical side of the law at all times.
Gaining written permission
Before performing a penetration test on a target organization, ensure that you have legal written permission from the organization. If additional permission is required from other authorities, please ensure that you acquire all the legal permission documents. Having legal, written permission is like having a get-out-of-jail-free card as a penetration tester. The tasks performed by a penetration tester involve simulating real-world cyberattacks on a target organization; this means actually...
