Please write your paper in MLA format. Your paper should be no more than 12 to 15 pages in length. You may refer to the course material for supporting evidence, but you must also use 3 other sources and cite them using the MLA format. Please include a mix of both primary and secondary sources, with at least one source from a security journal. If you use any Study.com lessonsas sources, please also cite them in MLA (including the lesson title and instructor’s name). Ensure that your paper includes information on the following:
State which processes and techniques you will use to conduct a penetration test on the Green Clothing Company including the following:
- Scope
- Internal
- External
- Reconnaissance
- Passive
- Active
- Scanning
- Network footprinting
- OS/Device fingerprinting
- Vulnerability
- Gaining Access
- Offline
- Online
- Maintaining Access
- Clearing Tracks
Scenario
In this project, you have been hired to conduct a penetration test on a network operated by Green Clothing, a small retail company. Green Clothing has been increasingly concerned about the state of its computer systems in recent months due to the spread of malware. Cardholder data is collected during the payment of purchases by swiping or keying the card using the point of sale (POS) terminal. The information is then sent to a local server at each store before being sent out to the processor. No cardholder data is transmitted between stores or back to corporate. After receiving a confirmation from the processor, cardholder data is purged from the POS server. Corporate has a persistent VPN connection to each of the store locations to allow for the administration of networked resources, accessing CCTV recordings, and checking inventory. Green Clothing company is looking to conduct a penetration test and for a proposal to be presented to them with the methods and procedure on how the pen test will be executed.