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Jose Granado on the benefits of penetration testing, ‘human hacking’

Jose Granado on the benefits of penetration testing, ‘human hacking’

Date: Aug 26, 2011

In this video interview, which was recorded at the 2011 Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, SearchSecurity.com spoke with Jose Granado, Americas practice leader for information security services within Ernst & Young. Granado discusses the benefits of penetration testing and how to convey the value of pen tests to IT decision makers. Granado, whose organization conducts nearly 200 pen tests each year, also discusses the importance of “human hacking” as part of penetration testing exercises.

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Jose Granado on the benefits of penetration testing, ‘human hacking’