Using Offensive Techniques to Pprovide Information Security in Organization

Student: Bulanov Nikita

Supervisor: Petr Baranov

Educational Programme: Information Security Management (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2019

The paper discusses the main approaches to the usage of offensive methods in information security for the purpose of ensuring the information security of an organization. The main penetration testing methodologies have been analyzed. A new concept of using offensive methods in information security to increase the level of security has been proposed. A prototype of a technical solution has been developed that allows to automate the application of the proposed concept.

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