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Penetration testing is the term given to a process that tests an organizations security by mimicking a specified attack actor. It often comprised of an external test, internal test, web application test, wireless test and a social engineering test. Further segmentation of the main segments also can be conducted. An example is an external test may only concentrate on a specific IP address.
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Lee, N., Manners, D. (2015). Gamification of Penetration Testing. In: Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17244-6_14
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