Lab Exercises
Activity 8.1: Designing a Physical Penetration Test
Physical penetration tests require careful planning to ensure that they are executed properly. The first step for most physical penetration tests is a site evaluation. For this exercise, you should select a site that you are familiar with and have access to. Since this activity can seem suspicious, you should get appropriate permission to review the facility if necessary.
Once you have received permission, you should first determine what a penetration test of the facility might require if you were conducting one for your client. Are they interested in knowing if an on-site data center is vulnerable? Is there a higher security zone with access controls that may need to be reviewed? Once you have this documented, you can move on to the following steps.
- Write down the scope and target of your penetration test. What location, facility, or specific goal will you target? Use the list found on the following page as a starting...