penetration testing
Authorized hacking assessment
Penetration testing is authorized simulated cyberattacking of a computer system to evaluate its security.
Security professionals probe networks, applications, or infrastructure for vulnerabilities before malicious hackers can exploit them.
Often shortened to pen testing or pentesting: We hired a firm to do penetration testing on our servers before launch.
- privilege escalationGaining unauthorized higher permissions
- zero dayUndiscovered security flaw
- ethical hackingAuthorized security vulnerability testing
- black hatUnethical computer intruder
- firewallNetwork access control system
encryption · Hydra · reconnaissance · red teaming · blackbox · social engineering · phishing · brute force · reverse engineering · hacking · cybersecurity · traffic analysis · malware · intrusion · scanner · probe · backdoor · command and control
- computingcomputer, computers, software, hardware, code
- securitysecurity guard, security cameras, alarm system, security system, lock
- security termsPIN, password, passwords, encryption, encrypted
- cybersecurityantivirus, malware, firewall, firewalls, encryption
- security softwareantivirus, antimalware, firewall, VPN, malware scanner
- tech methodsagile, debugging, scrum, kanban, optimization
penetration testingcyberattack
Malicious digital intrusion
data breach · ransomware attack · exploitation · cybercrime · cyber espionage