US Patent 9894090 Penetration test attack tree generator

Implementations of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and computer-readable storage mediums for receiving goal data and start-up information, the goal data indicating a goal to be achieved during a penetration test, the start-up information indicating initial data for beginning the penetration test, receiving tool data from a register of tools, the tool data including one or more tools that can be used during the penetration test, and, for each tool, input data required to execute the tool and output data provided by the tool, processing the goal data, the start-up information and the tool data to automatically generate attack tree data, the attack tree data including a plurality of data sets and links between data sets, and providing the attack tree data to display a graphical representation of an attack tree on a display.