Table of Content:
- Penetration testing
- Penetration tests come in a variety of forms:
- The following are the stages of a “pen test”:
If you own a business, you already understand the necessity of protecting your data assets from so-called “black hat hackers,” or “crackers.” These individuals have no qualms about bringing your network down, defacing your website, or breaking into your internal network to cause havoc with your computer systems.
Penetration testing
Penetration testing, often known as ethical hacking, is a solution to this problem. Businesses hire so-called “pen testers” to try all they can to attack the company in the same way a criminal would, but without inflicting any damage. Penetration testing produces a business-focused report that focuses on the impact of the test on business processes rather than the technical aspects of the test.
The following is one perspective on penetration testing. It’s a vulnerability if you return home from the pub at 2 a.m. and leave your keys in the door. “Remove his keys – but you’ll have to get up at two a.m. to allow him in,” “Install a swipe card system,” or even “Kick him out of the house!” would be advice from an automatic vulnerability scan to your wife.
Before stealing your automobile, the tester would take the keys and attempt the back door! On the other hand, a penetration tester would go up to the door and turn the keys and handle, only to discover that you had been sober enough to bolt the door from the inside, i.e., the vulnerability’s alleged high risk has been resolved. To put it another way, the vulnerabilities are exploited to determine the genuine commercial impact rather than merely the theoretical technical flaws. Using a manual penetration tester rather than an automated tool has the advantage of allowing the ethical hacker to find the genuine business-related dangers to your information assets.
Penetration tests come in a variety of forms:
- A white box test is one in which all of the systems to be tested are known ahead of time. This type of penetration testing is more in-depth.
- Black box test: This simulates the actions of black hat hackers by assuming no knowledge of the systems being evaluated.
The following are the stages of a “pen test”:
- Investigate publicly available data on network addresses and IT deployments that could be useful to a potential attacker.
- Enumeration: Scan with the organization by appointment to identify systems and architectural elements.
- Exploitation: Examine the possibilities for effective assaults while staying away from inflicting system damage or disturbance.
- Analysis and reporting: Compare discoveries to known weaknesses, notify clients, and draw conclusions about commercial implications.
Penetration testing is a critical protection that you cannot afford to overlook if your firm relies heavily on its information assets – and what business doesn’t?
