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What does a Security Auditor do?
An auditor interested in achieving a high level of effective security engages in two activities:

First, the auditor helps the network administrator determine whether or not the security policies that are in place are effective and whether or not there is compliance.
Second, the auditor performs a risk analysis. For this the auditor must approach the network from at least two perspectives: that of a security manager as well as that of white-hat hacker. From both points of view he will test and probe the network and attempt to discover, penetrate, and control the network. The first will be an on-site analysis of the network's resources (including people) ,policies and procedures ; the latter is an "attack" from the outside.


I am currently studying this fascinating field and will make this a specialty. Because appropriate courses are few and far between, a lot of this will be self-taught. At this time I am not taking on any assignments . As soon as I change this I will update this section.



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