Under permission from the OISSG, you can now find a copy of the ISSAF Framework locally. Here is a high level overview of what the ISSAF is:
The goal of the ISSAF is to provide a single point of reference for security assessment. It is a reference that is closely aligned with real world security assessment issues and that is a value proposition for businesses. To this aim the ISSAF has the following highlevel agenda:
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Evaluate the organizations information security policies and ensure that they meet industry requirements & do not violate any applicable laws & regulations
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Identify critical information systems infrastructure required for the organizations business processes and evaluate their security
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Conduct vulnerability assessments & penetration tests to highlight system vulnerabilities thereby identifying weaknesses in systems, networks and applications
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Evaluate controls applied to various security domains by:
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Finding mis-configurations and rectifying them
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Identify known and unknown risks related to technologies and address them
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Identify known and unknown risks within your people or business processes and address them
o Strengthening existing processes and technologies
Prioritize assessment activities as per system criticality, testing expenses, and expected benefits
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Educate people on performing security assessments
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Educate people on securing systems, networks and applications
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Provide information on:
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The review of logging, monitoring & auditing processes
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The building and review of Disaster Recovery Plan
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The review of outsourcing security concerns
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Compliance to Legal & Regulatory Standards
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Create Security Awareness
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Effective Management of Security Assessment Projects
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Guarding against social engineering exploitation
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Physical security control review
This approach is based on using the shortest path required to achieve one’s goal by finding flaws that can be exploited efficiently, with the minimal effort. The goal of this framework is to give completeness and accuracy, efficiency to security assessments.
Click HERE to download a copy of the Framework