How does an intrusion test work?
Over time, intrusion testing has become more sophisticated. They need to evolve to keep up with the technological complexity that, in turn, also forces the evolution of attacks. In general, the operation of an intrusion test occurs in the steps that we list and detail below: preparation and planning: hiring the service (or preparing the internal team) and setting objectives for the test; verification: collection of information about the structure (IP addresses, system descriptions, network architecture, public and private services, etc.); recognition: recognition of the targeted assets, visualization of possible weaknesses, discovering network, server and / or service threats and intrusion simulations; analysis of information and risks: deepening the vulnerabilities found; effective intrusion attempts: the invasion itself, using all the loopholes found in the previous steps, in addition to searching for confidential data that, if stolen / damaged, can harm the company; final analy...