It is a form of cyberattack done to understand the situation of the security of the system. People often confuse this test with the vulnerability assessment test. So penetration test is composed of some methods or instructions whose main aim is to test the organization’s security. This test proved to be helpful for organizations because it helps to find the vulnerabilities and check if the attacker /hacker will be able to exploit and be capable enough of gaining unauthorized access.
A penetration test, also known as a “pen test,” is a simulated cyber attack on a computer system, network, or web application. The purpose of a penetration test is to identify vulnerabilities in the system that an attacker could exploit and to evaluate the effectiveness of the system’s security controls.
It is a form of cyberattack done to understand the situation of the security of the system. People often confuse this test with the vulnerability assessment test. So penetration test is composed of some methods or instructions whose main aim is to test the organization’s security. This test proved to be helpful for organizations because it helps to find the vulnerabilities and check if the attacker /hacker will be able to exploit and capable enough of gaining unauthorized access.
A penetration test, also known as a “pen test,” is a simulated cyber attack on a computer system, network, or web application. The purpose of a penetration test is to identify vulnerabilities in the system that an attacker could exploit and to evaluate the effectiveness of the system’s security controls.
Types of Penetration Testing Methodologies–
Black Box penetration testing
Grey Box Penetration testing
White Box Penetration testing
Black Box Penetration Testing:- In this Method attacker is has no knowledge about the target as it exactly simulates an actual cyber attack where an actual black hat hacker attacks. This testing takes time as the attacker has no knowledge about the system so he gathers them. This method is used to find existing vulnerabilities in the system and used to simulate how far a hacker can go into the system without any info about the system.
Grey Box Penetration Testing:- In this method, the attacker is provided with a bit more information about the target like network configurations, subnets, or a specific IP to test, Attacker has a basic idea of how the machine is to which he/she is going to perform an attack, they may also be provided with low-level login credentials or access to the system which helps them in having a clear approach, This saves time of Reconnaissance the target.
White Box Penetration Testing:- We can say that in this testing method attackers have developer-level knowledge about the system which also includes an assessment of source code, Ethical hackers have full access to the system more in-depth than black box testing. It is used to find out potential threats to the system due to bad programming, misconfigurations, or lack of any defensive measures.