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What is Penetration Testing? It’s the method of testing where the areas of weakness in software systems in terms of security are put to test to determine, if ‘weak-point’ is indeed one, that can be broken into or not. Performed for: Websites/Servers/Networks How is it performed? Step #1. It starts with a list of Vulnerabilities/potential problem areas that would cause a security breach for the systems. Step #2. If possible, this list of items has to be ranked in the order of priority/criticality Step #3. Devise penetration tests that would work (attack your system) from both within the network and …
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