...Operating Systems Dependency on Penetration Testing Michael S. Self University of Maryland University College-Europe Table of Contents Abstract………………………………………………………………………………..…………..3 History and Purpose of Penetration Testing……………………….......................…..………….4 Techniques and Tools for Performing Penetration Testing………….………….……..…………5 Example of Penetration Test Process………………………………....………...…….………….6 References…………………………………………………………………………………………7 Abstract This report will encompass penetration testing of operating systems. It first explains the evolution of penetration testing, and what purpose it serves. It then describes techniques and tools used to perform the tests. The report will conclude with an example of a penetration test. Operating Systems Dependency on Penetration Testing History and Purpose of Penetration Testing According to Pfleeger & Pfleeger 2011 in their book titled ‘Security in Computing’, penetration testing, or pentesting, is a technique used in computer security which an individual, or team of experts purposely tries to hack a computer system. Penetration started as a grey art that was often practiced in an unstructured and undisciplined manner by reformed or semi-reformed hackers. They used their own techniques and either their ‘home grown’ tools, or borrowed and traded ideas with associates. There was little reproducibility or consistency of results or reporting, and as a result the services were hard to integrate into...
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...Adagio Liggin PSY 272 Homework Assignment 3 Building a Selection System The most vital part of an organization or workplace are the people that make it up. All the products made, the ebb and flow, and the amount of productive work being done in a workplace all depends on the people that are part of the work place- they are the heart of the organization. For things in a workplace to go smoothly, the right people must be hired. To ensure that they are employing the right people, many organizations establish and enforce a selection system. A selection system can be made up of a myriad of certain systems, including interviews, situational judgement tests, competency tests, bio data, etc. Choosing the right system to measure the correct traits will result in a steady, productive workplace. With that being said, there are different selection systems necessary for different occupations. The occupation in question at the moment is a psychiatrist. Psychiatrists have to be not only properly trained, but possess the right individual traits to perform a job well. As mentioned previously, some of those traits include maintaining self-control, possessing active listening skills, being able to communicate effectively, and being able to tolerate stress well. This then begs the question- what is the best selection system for identifying these traits? There are numerous selection systems that can be used to ascertain whether or not an individual possesses these necessary traits. With...
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...A large part of the American public school system relies on testing in order to test students’ knowledge and learning, but how accurate are these tests in measuring learning and are these test beneficial to learning? These standardized tests may actually do more harm, than good to students’ education. The first problem with standardized testing is that they only measure whether a student can perform well on a test on one specific day. “High-stakes tests are unfair to many students. Some students simply do not test well. Many students are affected by test anxiety or do not show their learning well on a standardized test, resulting in inaccurately lower scores”(Fairtest). Some students may be better test takers than others and therefore may...
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...being used with increase frequency in success schools at all grade levels and in all subject areas, as well as for special education, adult literacy programs, and college instruction. Information System has significantly transformed the way business is conducted. In today’s society it would be pretty difficult to find an organization that does not use some form of technology, automation or Information System to help run its operational and daily transactional process. According to this website www.google.comA transaction process system and transaction processing are often contrasted with a batch process system and batch processing, where many requests are executed all at one time. The former requires the interaction of a user. Where as batch processing does not require a user to be present. Also, in batch processing the results of each transaction are not immediately available. And, there is a delay while the many requests are being organized, stored and eventually executed. In transaction processing there is no delay and the results of each transaction are immediately available. During the delay time for batch processing, errors can occur. By contrast, and although errors can occur in transaction processing, they are infrequent and tolerated, but do not warrant shutting down the entire system.[] STI College Cotabato is a network of institution. It was established in 1993 with Mr. Omar Chio as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Mr. Rey Antonio Uy as the administrator with one department...
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...BUGANDA ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS AND TECHINICAL EDUCATION - MENGO AUTOMATED IMMUNISATION RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM A CASE STUDY OF NSANGI HEALTN CENTER III A RESEARCH REPORT BY NAMATOVU ANGELLA BR/DCS/8045/11 A RESEARCH REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE AWARD OF DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER SCIENCE OF BUGANDA ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION JULY 2013 DECLARATION I hereby declare that this research which submitted to the department of communication and education of Buganda Royal institute is my original work and it is and it has never been submitted to any other degree/diploma award institute. Students Name: NAMATOVU ANGELLA Reg No:BR/DCS/8045/11 Date:___________________________ Approval I approve that this research report has been under my supervision and it is ready for Submission to the academic council of Buganda Royal Institute. Supervisor’s Name: Mr. SSekuwanda Henry Signature: ____________________________ Date: ___/07/2013 DEDICATION I dedicate this research report firstly my mother who has sacrificed whatever My siblings and my friends at Buganda Royal Institute for both moral and financial support they have provided. May the almighty God Reward them accordingly. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to acknowledge this piece of work most especially...
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...Software Testing What is testing? Testing is the process of evaluating a system or its component(s) with the intent to find that whether it satisfies the specified requirements or not. This activity results in the actual, expected and difference between their results. In simple words testing is executing a system in order to identify any gaps, errors or missing requirements in contrary to the actual desire or requirements. Who does testing? It depends on the process and the associated stakeholders of the project(s). In the IT industry, large companies have a team with responsibilities to evaluate the developed software in the context of the given requirements. Moreover, developers also conduct testing which is called Unit Testing. In most cases, following professionals are involved in testing of a system within their respective capacities: Software Tester Software Developer Project Lead/Manager End User When to Start Testing? An early start to testing reduces the cost, time to rework and error free software that is delivered to the client. However in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) testing can be started from the Requirements Gathering phase and lasts till the deployment of the software. However it also depends on the development model that is being used. For example in Water fall model formal testing is conducted in the Testing phase, but in incremental model, testing is performed at the end of every increment/iteration and at the end the whole application is tested. Testing...
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...Identified. INTRODUCTION This is the Master Test Plan for the Reassigned Sales Re-write project. This plan will address only those items and elements that are related to the Reassigned Sales process, both directly and indirectly affected elements will be addressed. The primary focus of this plan is to ensure that the new Reassigned Sales application provides the same level of information and detail as the current system while allowing for improvements and increases in data acquisition and level of details available (granularity). The project will have three levels of testing, Unit, System/Integration and Acceptance. The details for each level are addressed in the approach section and will be further defined in the level specific plans. The estimated time line for this project is very aggressive (six (6) months), as such, any delays in the development process or in the installation and verification of the third party software could have significant effects on the test plan. The acceptance testing is expected to take one (1) month from the date of application delivery from system test and is to be done in parallel with the current application process. TEST ITEMS The following is a list, by version and release, of the items to be tested: A. EXTOL EDI package, Version 3.0 If a new release is available prior to roll-out it will not be used until after installation. It will be a separate upgrade/update project. B. DNS PC EDI transaction package, Version 2.2 If a new release is available...
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...class and 11+ years of IT experience in Software Testing. I have good exposure on Insurance, Banking, ERP and Retailing domain. And objective is to seek challenging position in Software industry, where I can use strength of my knowledge for the benefit of the organization. Hardware and Software Environment: Operating System : Windows 98/2000/2007/XP,DOS, Products/Tools : Test Director, JIRA, VSS 6.0, QC 9.10 Languages : VB 6.0, JAVA, C, C++, HTML, Mainframe RDBMS : Oracle8i/9i Business Domains : Banking (for e.g. Finance & Banking, Insurance, Fund Transfer, Retail, etc.) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Duration : 01-June-2011 to 31-Dec-2011 Environment : VME Cobol, Legacy Skill/Tools : Quality Center 10.0, StarTeam 2008 Release 2 Role : Module Lead / Test Lead Description : Social Fund Computer System (SFCS) is a government fund for helping those in need to cope with sudden or irregular demands on their finances. SFCS caters to the needs of the citizens of UK .The reward which is given to its citizens it termed as Social Fund. Depending on the needs the funds are given to the customers. This project mainly supports the processing and payment of social fund awards. Responsibilities: • Conduct peer review of test deliverables and technical documents. • Track project issues and risks & mitigation on a continuous basis. • Responsible for Green status of overall testing activities and progress status. • Ensure optimal...
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...MEDICAL SHOP MANAGEMENT SYSTEM A mini project submitted to the Bharathidasan University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS Submitted by N.RAJA RAHINAM Register Number: 4CA104236 Under the guidance of Miss.A.Sathya, M.C.A., M.PHIL., Assistant Professor DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS BISHOP HEBER COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) (Nationally Reaccredited at the A+ Level by NAAC) (Recognized by UGC as “College with Potential for Excellence”) TIRUCHIRAPPALLI-620 017 NOVEMBER – 2012 DECLARATION I hereby declare that the mini project work presented is originally done by me under the guidance of Miss.A.Sathya MCA., M.phil., Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Applications, Bishop Heber College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli-17 and has not been included in any other thesis/project submitted for any other degree. Name of the Candidate : N.RAJARATHINAM Register Number : 4CA104236 Batch : 2010-2013 Signature of the Candidate Miss.A.SATHYA MCA., M.PHIL.,, Assistant Professor Department of Computer Applications Bishop Heber College (Autonomous) Tiruchirappalli – 620017. Date: CERTIFICATE This is to certify that the mini project work entitled “MEDICAL SHOP MANAGEMENT SYSTEM” is a bonafide record work done by N.RAJARATHINAM, Register Number: 4CA104236 in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS...
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...scalability are two omnipotent factors determining database availability and reliability. This is especially true for modern computer systems due to the inclusion of the Internet in Online transaction processing (OLTP) and E-commerce applications which use databases. This evolution gave birth to an enduring need for high throughput, good response time, excellent data consistency and concurrency control. This paper evaluates SQL server 2000 and Oracle 9i with respect to performance and scalability. Initial performance tests showed that at low to medium workload both database systems behaved in a similar fashion in terms of throughput and response time. At high load however Oracle 9i emerged victorious in both cases. market and use of the Internet in databases. The first point has lead to competition between commercial and open source database vendors while the second has resulted in a need for high performance database systems. This whole controversy has in the past lead database vendors to employ numerous tricks in bid to improve the processing speed of their systems during benchmarking and thus falsely prove that their databases products are superior to other competitors. Some of their tricks include using high-speed CPUs and clusters, caching up data rows and storing SQL execution plans into RAM prior to testing thus bypassing disk I/O access and tremendously increasing performance (Burleson D, 2002).AS a result the author seeks to provide an...
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...Paper Presentation on Cloud Functional Automation Testing Pavan Kumar Vangala Kalyan Pallapolu Software Engineer Senior Software Engineer Bibliography Pavan Vangala is working as a Software Engineer is having 5+Years of experience in Manual and Automation testing. Good Communicator and trained the members on automation tool (QTP). ISTQB Certified Professional. Kalyan Pallapolu is working as a Senior Software Engineer is having 6+Years of experience in Manaul and Automation testing. Expertise in Functional Automation using QTP. Handled different teams and having good management Skills Contents Abstract Keywords 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 7 8 8 8 Introduction- Cloud Computing About Cloud Testing Resource Sharing Functional Testing Functional Automation Apply Cloud Testing to Functional Automation Benefits Concerns Conclusion References Cloud Functional Automation Testing Abstract The Purpose of this Paper is to discuss the implementation of Cloud technology for Functional Automation Testing to overcome the challenges for environment setup, resource Utilization and to reduce cost in terms of Utilities, Infrastructure and other factors involved in day to day software development. Also the advantages and disadvantages of cloud Testing in real world and how the Organizations are benefited by adopting the Cloud Computing Technology. Keywords Cloud Computing, Cloud testing, Functional Automation 1. Introduction -Cloud Computing: Cloud Computing comes...
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...Impact of Inspection and Testing on Quality of Software; a Comparison Naila Bashir Awan, Tooba Ahmad and Mehreen Ahmed KEYWORDS: Quality Assurance, Software testing, Inspection, testing. comparison. The methodology being used is empirical research. This research paper will answer the following questions. • • Are both testing and inspection necessary for software quality assurance? Which Technique (testing or inspection) is better for checking the quality of code? Abstract---Developing software systems involves a series of activities where there are many possibilities to make errors. Thus, software development should always be accompanied by quality assurance (QA) activities. Inspection and testing are two common QA activities, which are often used in different phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC). This research addresses the basic question that which technique is better and are both necessary. But we come to know that both testing and inspection are important defect removal activities and equally effective. 1. INTRODUCTION Quality means the degree to which a system, component, or process meets customer or user needs or expectations. [1] Quality Assurance is set of activities designed to evaluate the process by which products are developed or manufactured. [3]All major software developers stress software quality assurance and try to remove bugs before release. It’s easy to review code but fail to notice significant errors. Thus, software development should...
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