Improving your Penetration Testing Skills

The limitations of penetration testing

Although penetration tests are recommended and should be conducted on a regular basis, there are certain limitations to penetration testing. The quality of the test and its results will directly depend on the skills of the testing team. Penetration tests cannot find all of the vulnerabilities due to the limitation of scope, limitation of access of penetration testers to the testing environment, and limitations of tools used by the tester. The following are some of the limitations of a penetration test:

• Limitation of skills: As mentioned earlier, the success and quality of the test will directly depend on the skills and experience of the penetration testing team. Penetration tests can be classified into ...