Part VII

The Part of Tens

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Well, here’s the end of the road, so to speak. In this part, I’ve compiled top-ten lists of what I believe are the absolute critical success factors to make your security testing — and information security in general — work in your organization. Bookmark, dog-ear, or do whatever you need to do with these pages so you can refer to them in the future. This is the meat of what you need to know about information security, compliance, and managing information risks — even more so than the technical tests and countermeasures I’ve covered thus far. Read it, study it, and make it happen. You can do it!

In addition, the Appendix contains a listing of my favorite security testing tools and resources that I’ve covered (and more), broken down into various categories for easy reference.

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