Penetration Testing
Usually a covert operation undertaken by a security expert where a number of attacks are attempted to ascertain whether or not a system could withstand the same types of attacks from a malicious hacker.
A penetration test, is an attempt to evaluate the security of an IT infrastructure by safely trying to exploit vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may exist in operating systems, service and application flaws, improper configurations, or risky end-user behavior.
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