National Cyber Security Centre – Penetration Testing: Advice on How to Get the Most from Penetration Testing 3.12 3.12.1 3.12.3 Security Assessment
This guidance helps with understanding the proper commissioning and use of penetration tests.
This guidance helps with understanding the proper commissioning and use of penetration tests.
This NIST Special Publication is a guide to the basic technical aspects of conducting information security assessments.
This NIST Special Publication provides guidance for federal agencies for developing system security plans for federal information systems.
OWASP's mission is to help the world improve the security of its software.
This link provides information about one methodology for web application penetration testing
This link from OWASP provides a list of web security testing tools.
The OWASP Top 10 is an awareness document for web application security. It represents a broad consensus about the most critical security risks to web applications. Project members include a variety of security experts from around the world who have shared their expertise to produce this list.
This guidance is intended for entities that are required to conduct a penetration test.
This is a link to avaliable SANS penetration testing courses.