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As with practically any IT or security project, you need to plan security testing. It’s been said that action without planning is the root of every failure. Strategic and tactical issues in vulnerability and penetration testing need to be determined and agreed on in advance. To ensure the success of your efforts, spend time planning for any amount of testing, from a simple OS password-cracking test against a few servers to a penetration test of a complex web environment.

If you choose to hire a “reformed” hacker to work with you during your testing or to obtain an independent perspective, be careful. I cover the pros and cons and the do’s and don’ts associated with hiring security resources in Chapter 19.