Why do We Perform Penetration Testing? Arisen Technologies

Present time, more than hackers are active in all fields. The find a weak point for enter in your business data. To secure consumer data, organizations need to make sure that their networks are updated and protected against any malicious activity. Hackers have more than chance to the hacked by internet. The wide accessibility of the internet around the globe has made it easy for hackers to intrude into an organization’s system in an unethical manner and compromise their security controls to fulfill their harmful goals.

An Introduction to Penetration Testing

Penetration testing is comprehensively performed over a fully-functional system’s software and hardware. Web applications are becoming more prevalent and increasingly more sophisticated, and as such they are critical to almost all major online businesses. This technique helps identify any weak points in the system that an attacker may be able to exploit.

In addition to minimizing the risk of compromise to the system, the system’s configuration is also analyzed by validating checks on software and hardware. Penetration testing is also known as ethical hacking and can be performed both manually and through automation. This makes security through obscurity impossible and heightens the requirement for hardened code. To achieve the goals of pen-testing efficiently, various scenarios are designed to emulate breaking into the system to evaluate expected behavior for accurate results.

Types of Penetration Testing

•        Black Box Testing

•        White Box Testing

Phases in Penetration Testing

•        Information Gathering

•        Scanning

•        Discovering Vulnerability

•        Exploitation

•        Reporting

Penetration Testing Tools

•        Nmap

•        Nessue

•        Metasploit

Penetration testing is a method of evaluating the security of a computer system or network by simulating an attack. Web Application Penetration Test focuses on evaluating the security of a web application. The process involves an active analysis of the application for any weaknesses, technical flaws, or vulnerabilities. Arisen Technologies is one of the best service providers of testing services in India.