What is Penetration Testing and How Does It Work?
What is Penetration Testing and How Does It Work? A penetration test, also known as a pen test, is an attempt to evaluate the security of an IT infrastructure by exploiting vulnerabilities safely. These flaws can exist in operating systems, services and applications, incorrect configurations, or risky end-user behaviour. Such assessments can also be used to validate the effectiveness of defensive mechanisms and end-user adherence to security policies. Manual or automated technologies are typically used in penetration testing to systematically compromise servers, endpoints, web applications, wireless networks, network devices, mobile devices, and other potential points of exposure. Once vulnerabilities on a specific system have been successfully exploited. Testers may attempt to use the compromised system to launch subsequent exploits at other internal resources. Specifically by attempting to incrementally achieve higher levels of security clearance and deeper access to elec...