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Configure penetration testing

You can configure the sprint duration and estimated effort for penetration testing assessment types. This provides the scheduling functionality for application owners, helping them determine a tentative time frame for their penetration test assessment requests.

Before you begin

Role required: Ethical Hacker

About this task

Configuring the penetration test assessment settings for the ethical hacking team also helps determine the group and point of contact that receives the penetration test assessment request.

Starting with v19.0 of Vulnerability Response, if you are using the Veracode Vulnerability Integration, the penetration assessment tests in the Veracode Vulnerability Integration are manual findings from Veracode. They are not linked to any penetration test assessment requests you configure in Application Vulnerability Response. For more information about penetration test assessments from Veracode, see the Veracode Vulnerability Integration.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > Application Vulnerability Response > Administration > Penetration Testing Configuration.

  2. Use the first section to configure the assignment group.

  3. On the form, fill in the fields.

    FieldDescription
    Penetration testing team user groupGroup to which the penetration test assessment request is assigned.
    Default assignee for penetration testing assessment requestsPoint of contact for the penetration test assessment request.
  4. Select Update.

  5. Use the second section to configure sprints.

    For details, see Configure sprints for penetration testing.

  6. Use the third section to configure assessment types.

    For details, see Configure assessment types for penetration testing.

  7. Configure sprints for penetration testing
    Configure the sprint duration and capacity for the ethical hacking team so they can manage the sprint capacity for penetration test assessments.

  8. Configure assessment types for penetration testing
    Configure the estimated effort for each type of penetration testing assessment. This enables you to manage the capacity of each sprint, by estimating the effort required for each assessment type.

Parent Topic:Configuring Application Vulnerability Response