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The purpose of Intelligence Gathering activities of a penetration test is to provide a standard designed specifically for the pentester performing reconnaissance against a target (typically corporate, military, or related). The document details the thought process and goals of pentesting reconnaissance, and when used properly, helps the reader to produce a highly strategic plan for attacking a target. Review Level 1 and Level 2 Intelligence Gathering criteria and conduct an intelligence gathering exercise against a target of your choosing. At a minimum, include the following: Corporate Logical Electronic Infrastructure Assets Financial Social Media Passive Reconnaissance (subcategories as you see fit) Active Footprinting (subcategories as you see fit) http://www.pentest-standard.org/index.php/Intelligence_Gathering#Background_ConceptsLinks to an external site. Design an intelligence gathering document(pentest).
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There are 6 steps of intelligence cycle:
1) Planning and channelizing
2) Collection
3) Processing
4) Analysis and production
5) Dissemination
The purpose is as follows:
This collects the information about an entity which would help to use more than inter related source which is helpful for the military intelligence and the government intelligence.
The criteria for intelligence gathering are as follows:
Human Intelligence (HUMINT) , Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) , imaginary Intelligence (IMINT) , open source intelligence (OSINT) etc.
The basic requirements are as follows:
Complete , specific, separated, mesurable , prioritized, achievable , connected and then sign off from client.
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