What is Security Audit?

Footprinting -- Applications to gain initial knowledge about a server, such as Whois and Dig.
Analysis -- Tools to analyze a network, such as Ethereal.
Scanning -- Tools to scan the network, such as Nmap.
Wireless -- Applications to test the wireless network.
Brute-forcing -- The brute-force password cracking word list holds more than 64 million word entries, according to the Auditor Web site.
Cracking -- Cracking tools to be used with the brute-force word lists.