You've been hired to perform a penetration test, you have one week to prepare. What goes in the bag? What is worth lugging through airport security and what do you leave home. I'll go through my assessment bag and show you what I think is important and not, talk about tools and livecd's, what comes in handy and what I've cut out of my normal pen-test rig.
Anch (@boneheadsanon) is a lead for the Chickasaw Nation Industries Red Team performing penetration tests, and accreditation's for the public and private sector. Anch has 10 year’s experience in cyber security. He was the Network Security Architect at a major power administration. At Mentor Graphics he spent time as a network engineer providing enterprise networking, firewall and VPN support for a global network comprising of 72 connected sites worldwide. He has been involved in or lead over 75 penetration tests on over 200 networks. Anch's background related to control systems is unrivaled in the bulk power generation and transmission areas. During this time he developed unique perspectives on the areas of compliance and regulation in the power industry.