Evaluates whether an attacker could retain foothold and move laterally after initial compromise, within strict authorization limits. Use when testing persistence, session resilience, and detection/response effectiveness during a pen test.
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80%
Does it follow best practices?
Impact
98%
1.04xAverage score across 3 eval scenarios
Advisory
Suggest reviewing before use
Optimize this skill with Tessl
npx tessl skill review --optimize ./skills/pt-maintaining-access/SKILL.mdOutput template adherence and quality checks
Persistence Simulation section
87%
100%
Lateral Movement Assessment section
100%
100%
Detection and Response section
100%
100%
Cleanup Verification section
100%
100%
Timeline present
100%
100%
Persistence pre-approval stated
100%
100%
Reversibility confirmed
100%
100%
Detection gaps identified
100%
100%
Gaps mapped to improvements
100%
100%
Cleanup artifacts listed
100%
100%
Rollback validation method
100%
100%
Persistence permission confirmation and reversibility planning
Permission confirmation first
100%
100%
Allowed mechanisms enumerated
100%
100%
Maximum dwell time specified
50%
100%
Cleanup expectations documented
100%
100%
Reversible techniques only
100%
100%
Low-risk methods for target class
100%
100%
No persistent accounts or backdoors
100%
66%
No scheduled tasks left post-test
100%
100%
Persistence survival validation
0%
100%
Rollback verification step
100%
100%
Lateral movement assessment and detection gap documentation
Trust relationships assessed
100%
100%
Token reuse assessed
100%
100%
Shared credentials assessed
100%
100%
Weak segmentation assessed
100%
100%
Movement described as minimal
100%
100%
Movement described as auditable
100%
100%
Telemetry gaps captured
100%
100%
Containment gaps captured
100%
100%
Cleanup artifacts listed
100%
100%
Rollback validation stated
100%
100%
Detection gaps mapped to improvements
100%
100%
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