PENTEST BASED NETWORK SECURITY ASSESSMENT
Pilli Vaishnavi Sindhu, Naveen Kumar Ranjyoth Kothari, Pagolu Akash, Kandula Uday Bhaskar, Bhargavi Kanuri · Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research · 2021
In today's world security has been the utmost concern for any individual or an organization. With the evolving technologies and advances in computer security, threats and security attacks are increasing rapidly and will also increase in the future with the Internet of Things (IoT). Security is to give protection to the network or system. Everyone wants to keep their data safe and secure and in this new era of security, a voluminous amount of data is generated daily and the late detection of security threats can cause irreparable damage which becomes more worrisome. The fact is that more and more major security breaches are occurring where mainly the insecurity of wireless networks are causing a lot of trouble in terms of breaking into banks, companies, and government organizations. The frequency of these attacks is only intensified, as network administrators are not fully chimed when it comes to securing wireless networks robust and reliable way. This project is related to wireless network security problems. Kali Linux which is an Advanced Penetration Testing Linux distribution is used for Penetration Testing, Ethical Hacking, and network security assessments.