AN OVERVIEW OF NETWORK PENETRATION TESTING
Chaitra N. Shivayogimath . · International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology · 2014
Penetration testing is a well known method for actively evaluating and assessing the security of a network or an information system by simulating an attack from an attacker's perspective.A penetration tester must necessarily follow certain methodology so as to successfully identify the threats faced by an organization's network or information assets from a hacker and reduce an organization's IT security costs by providing a better return on security investments.This paper gives an overview of methodology of penetration testing and the tools used.