{"id":76876,"date":"2022-03-16T11:10:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T11:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deveccouncil.kinsta.cloud\/?p=76876"},"modified":"2025-09-25T10:54:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T10:54:31","slug":"penetration-testing-methodology-improve-pen-testing-roi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eccouncil.org\/cybersecurity-exchange\/penetration-testing\/penetration-testing-methodology-improve-pen-testing-roi\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Methodologies That Can Improve Your Penetration Testing ROI"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"76876\" class=\"elementor elementor-76876\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-29316c5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"29316c5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33ee16b\" data-id=\"33ee16b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9490749 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9490749\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eccouncil.org\/cybersecurity-exchange\/penetration-testing\/what-is-penetration-testing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Penetration testing,<\/a> also known as pen testing, is a valuable tool that your organization can use to find IT vulnerabilities and secure its network. However, it can be challenging to decide which pen testing techniques and standards to apply in your organization. Below, we lay out five of the top methodologies that you can apply to maximize your pen testing ROI.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97ce530 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"97ce530\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Popular Pentest Methodology and Standards<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94839b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"94839b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. OSSTMM <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93216b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93216b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isecom.org\/OSSTMM.3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual<\/a> (OSSTMM) is a peer-reviewed pen testing methodology (Institute for Security and Open Methodologies, 2010). It provides a scientific framework for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eccouncil.org\/cybersecurity-exchange\/penetration-testing\/network-penetration-testing\/\">network pentesting<\/a> and vulnerability assessment and offers a comprehensive guide that can be properly utilized by a certified pen tester. The OSSTMM covers five categories (Rounsavall, 2017):<\/p><ul><li>Data and information controls<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eccouncil.org\/cybersecurity-awareness-training\/\">Cyber Security awareness<\/a> among personnel<\/li><li>Fraud and social engineering controls<\/li><li>Controls for networked devices, including computers and wireless devices<\/li><li>Physical security controls<\/li><\/ul><p>One of the main benefits of the OSSTMM is its high level of flexibility. If pentesters apply the OSSTMM properly, they can use it to resolve vulnerabilities found on multiple devices, including computers, servers, wireless devices, and more.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45dffe3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"45dffe3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. OWASP <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a0420e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a0420e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Foundation (2020, 2021, 2022) maintains pen testing methodologies and comprehensive guides for testing web, mobile, and firmware devices. When executed properly, the OWASP methodologies can help pentesters identify a series of vulnerabilities in a network\u2019s firmware and mobile or web applications.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57b87e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57b87e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. NIST <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46e755f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46e755f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nist.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Institute of Standards and Technology <\/a>(NIST; 2022) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce. NIST\u2019s goal regarding information security standards is not to establish one specific methodology but rather to create a series of pen testing standards (Scarfone et al., 2008). While the federal government is required to meet the NIST standards, other networks often also adhere to them.<\/p>\n\n<p>The NIST standards should be considered the absolute minimum, not the only standards that a business or other organization should meet. Any certified pen tester must be familiar with the network and application pen testing methodologies created by NIST.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31371cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"31371cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4. PTES <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35c7839 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35c7839\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pentest-standard.org\/index.php\/Main_Page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Penetration Testing Execution Standard <\/a>(PTES; 2014) framework is a pen testing methodology that encompasses seven sections:<\/p><ul><li>Pre-engagement interactions<\/li><li>Intelligence gathering<\/li><li>Threat modeling<\/li><li>Vulnerability analysis<\/li><li>Exploitation<\/li><li>Post-exploitation<\/li><li>Reporting<\/li><\/ul><p>PTES (2012) also provides an extensive technical guide that enables pentesters to execute the methodology.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e1121a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e1121a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5. ISSAF <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0c0a8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0c0a8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/untrustednetwork.net\/files\/issaf0.2.1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information System Security Assessment Framework (ISSAF)<\/a> is a specialized approach to pen testing (Open Information Systems Security Group, 2006). Its extensive guidebook\u2014which clocks in at over 1,200 pages\u2014lays out the framework behind this testing methodology. The ISSAF\u2019s comprehensible approach is easy for individual organizations and pentesters to customize, allowing for the creation of personalized testing plans. Any penetration tester using multiple tools should adhere to the ISSAF methodology.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to note that the ISSAF goes well beyond simple pen testing: It also encompasses the creation of tools that can be used to educate other individuals who have access to a network. It also ensures that individuals who use a given network adhere to appropriate legal standards.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-232e90c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"232e90c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Want to Learn More?\u202f <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3dce8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3dce8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cyberthreats to your organization will continue to evolve and accelerate, but robust pen testing can support your network\u2019s security. Applying a tried-and-true pen testing methodology ensures that you\u2019re getting the best possible ROI from your network pen testing.<\/p><p>Hiring a certified pen tester can yield significant benefits for your organization. Certified pen testing professionals understand the latest network threats and know how to conduct pen testing using various methodologies. The\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/iclass.eccouncil.org\/our-courses\/certified-security-analyst-ecsa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA)<\/a> certification program teaches invaluable information about pen testing. It is one of a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eccouncil.org\/train-certify\/pen-testing\/\">penetration testing certifications<\/a> offered by EC-Council. Other options include our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eccouncil.org\/train-certify\/certified-penetration-testing-professional-cpent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Certified Penetration Testing Professional (CPENT<sup>AI<\/sup>)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eccouncil.org\/programs\/certified-penetration-testing-professional-cpent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<\/a>and our Licensed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eccouncil.org\/train-certify\/licensed-penetration-tester-lpt-master\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Penetration Tester Master (LPT)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eccouncil.org\/programs\/licensed-penetration-tester-lpt-master\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<\/a>courses.<\/p><p>Enroll in the <a href=\"https:\/\/iclass.eccouncil.org\/our-courses\/certified-security-analyst-ecsa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ECSA course today <\/a>to ensure that you can manage and mitigate any threats to your network.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-357b52c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"357b52c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>References<\/strong>\n\n<p>Institute for Security and Open Methodologies. (2010). OSSTMM 3: The Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual. <em>https:\/\/www.isecom.org\/OSSTMM.3.pdf<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>National Institute of Standards and Technology. (2022, January 11). About NIST. <em>https:\/\/www.nist.gov\/about-nist\u202f<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>Open Information Systems Security Group. (2006). Information System Security Assessment Framework (ISSAF). <em>https:\/\/untrustednetwork.net\/files\/issaf0.2.1.pdf\u202f<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>OWASP Foundation. (2020). OWASP web security testing guide. <em>https:\/\/owasp.org\/www-project-web-security-testing-guide\/<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>OWASP Foundation. (2021). OWASP firmware security testing methodology <em>https:\/\/scriptingxss.gitbook.io\/firmware-security-testing-methodology<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>OWASP Foundation. (2022). OWASP mobile security testing guide. <em>https:\/\/owasp.org\/www-project-mobile-security-testing-guide\/<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>Penetration Testing Execution Standard. (2012). PTES technical guidelines.\n<em>http:\/\/www.pentest-standard.org\/index.php\/PTES_Technical_Guidelines<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>Penetration Testing Execution Standard. (2014). High level organization of the standard. <em>http:\/\/www.pentest-standard.org\/index.php\/Main_Page<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>Rounsavall, R. (2017). Storage area networking security devices. In J. R. Vacca (Ed.), Computer and information security handbook (3rd ed.), pp. 879\u2013894. Elsevier. <em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/B978-0-12-803843-7.00062-4<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>Scarfone, K., Souppaya, M., Cody, A., &amp; Orebaugh, A. (2008). Technical guide to information security testing and assessment: Recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST Special Publication 800-115). 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