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Types of penetration test

The following are three types of security testing that are usually done by penetration testers:

• White box: White-box testing involves having complete knowledge – including network diagrams, IP addressing schemes, and other information – about the network and systems prior to the network penetration test. This type of test is much easier than gray-box and black-box testing since the penetration tester does not need to perform any sort of information gathering on the target network and systems.
• Gray box: In gray-box testing, the penetration tester is given limited knowledge about the organization's network infrastructure and systems prior to the network penetration test.
• Black box: In black-box testing, the penetration ...