Description
Penetration testing is a simulated cyberattack against a computer or network that checks for exploitable vulnerabilities. Pen tests can involve attempting to breach application systems, APIs, servers, inputs, and code injection attacks to reveal vulnerabilities. In a well-written, highly-detailed research paper, discuss the following:
- What is penetration testing
- Testing Stages
- Testing Methods
- Testing, web applications and firewalls
Your paper should meet the following requirements:
- Be approximately four to five pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page.
- Follow APA7 guidelines. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.
- Support your answers with the readings from the course and at least two scholarly journal articles from google scholar to support your positions, claims, and observations.
- Be clearly and well-written, concise, and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques.
- No plagiarism
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PENETRATION TESTING
Introduction
Penetration testing
Testing stages
Testing Methods
Testing, web applications and Firewalls
Conclusion
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PENETRATION TESTING
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation
Professor’s Name
Date
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PENETRATION TESTING
The technology era has posed a lot of concerns, especially when it comes to data security.
Even though software developers have designed security measures to address data insecurity,
hackers still find their way to steal crucial information. Therefore, penetration testing helps prevent
cyberattacks, which are rampant in many organizations. Penetration testing is a practice of testing
a network, computer system, or web application to establish security vulnerabilities that the
attacker could exploit. This testing can be done manually, and it can also be automated with
software applications. Information about the web or application targeted is gathered, and the
possible entry points are identified even before the test is done.
Penetration testing seeks to establish security weaknesses and even an organization's
awareness and ability to identify security issues and how it responds to the incidences. The
organization's security policy is scrutinized in this process to test whether it adheres to the
compliance requirements. An attacker does not perform this test, but it is performed by the
organization's IT department to identify areas within the system that the attacker could use to break
in. "Penetration testing allows the business to understand if the mitigation strategies employed are
working as expected; it essentially takes the guesswork out of the equation. The penetration tester
will be exp...
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