EDF-2023-RA-SI-CYBER-ASPTAutomation of security penetration tests

Cyber defence applications are in most cases relying on cybersecurity technologies. There are many actions in the civil domain on the automation of penetration test. However, due to the particular conditions of defence-related use-cases, civil technologies need to be adapted, further improved or combined with defence-specific technologies through additional R&D efforts to make them suitable for defence applications. This research topic aims to overcome defence-specific obstacles associated to the automation of penetration tests, and at least partially automate the process by developing a user-friendly software solution that performs network security penetration tests for cyber defence actors.