Penetration Test Discussion

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Briefly explain:

- What is penetration testing?

- Why penetration testing is needed?

- List and explain 2 types of penetration testing.

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A penetration test is a replicated cyberattack formed against a computer system to extract
vulnerabilities that can be exploited. Computer security is highly maintained by a web
application firewall (WAF) which then gets supplemented by a pen test. During this process, a
lot of crucial information for an application system ends up undergoing through breaching
including backe...


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