IT Examiner School eBook May 2025

Internal Use Only

Why They Are Important: Penetration tests can give security personnel real experience in dealing with an intrusion

Ideally, should be performed without informing staff, to test whether policies are truly effective. However, may not be practical The test can uncover aspects of network security, application & operational policies that are lacking

Internal Use Only

Pen Test Strategies

Targeted Testing

External Testing

Internal Testing

mimics an insider attack by an authorized user with standard access privileges (what can happen with a disgruntled employee)

targets externally visible servers or devices (seen by anybody on Internet) to see if they can get into internal systems and how far

performed by the entity’s IT team and external testing team