Advantages of Penetration Test

Penetration testing helps in the formulation of information security strategy that involves identifying vulnerabilities and measuring the possible impact and making possible error resolution plans that can be implemented along with budget assessments. It curbs organizational failures caused due to security breach. Disaster scenarios are also prepared that help in judging the effect that a possible hacking can make in the system and network security zone by the help of prior attacks that happened earlier if any or willingly injecting some of the malicious codes to the system, analyzing the effects, creating the scenario and finding solutions to come out of the server or network security threat.



When performing a penetration test, you have the advantage of a wide range of integrated advanced utilities to do penetration testing. This includes extensive vulnerability scanning, launching of real exploits, buffer overflow attacks, a wide range of advanced utilities and denial of service. Penetration testing is divided into 4 phases. In the first phase of penetration testing is a thorough research is done to check the information of the network addresses and IT deployment that is available publicly and can be used by the hackers. The second phase of penetration testing is scanning is done to identify the system and its features. The third stage of pen test is actual attack takes place to analyze the potential of the possible attacks. Care is taken by the testers to stop before causing damage to the systems while they perform the task of penetration. The last phase of pen testing is detailed analysis is reported with proper recommendations so the client can know better.