Penetration Testing

Before allowing someone to test sensitive data, companies normally take measures regarding the availability, confidentiality, and integrity of data. For this agreement to be in place, legal compliance is a…

Penetration testing efforts − however thorough they may be − cannot always ensure an exhaustive discovery of every instance where a security control’s effectiveness is insufficient. Identifying a cross-site scripting…

Because of the swift pace of developments in the field of information and technology, the success story of penetration testing is comparatively short-lived. As more protection to the systems is…

Penetration testing is very closely related to ethical hacking, so these two terms are often used interchangeably. However there is a thin line of difference between these two terms. This…

The fast growth of the internet has changed the way of life for everyone. These days, most of the private and public works are internet dependent. Government’s all secret working…

It is not necessary that an experienced penetration tester can write a good report, as writing report of penetration testing is an art that needs to be learnt separately. What…

There is the issue of protecting the most critical data of the organization; therefore, the role of a penetration tester is much critical, a minor error can put both the…

Penetration testing, normally consists of information gathering, vulnerability and risk analysis, vulnerability exploits, and final report preparation. It is also essential to learn the features of various of tools which…

Both manual penetration testing and automated penetration testing are conducted for the same purpose. The only difference between them is the way they are conducted. As the name suggests, manual…

The type of penetration testing normally depends on the scope and the organizational wants and requirements. This chapter discusses about different types of Penetration testing. It is known as Pen Testing.…