Listed below is a comprehensive overview of some of the most commonly requested types of penetration tests from Texas Compliance, LLC, a leading provider of pen tests for businesses throughout Texas:. There are generally two 2 types of network penetration tests β internal network penetration testing and external network penetration testing. Regardless of which type of network penetration testing is performed, such a test generally includes testing the security of β and trying to bypass β the following network systems and components: Firewalls, routers, switches, load balancers, and other related network devices.
The goal is for an attacker β or an ethical pen tester β to attempt to gain access into the internal network, thereby obtaining sensitive corporate and client data and information. The goal of internal network penetration testing is essentially identical to that of external network penetration testing; exploiting vulnerabilities and gaining access to internal systems.
The difference in the type of attack β and in the type of pen test conducted β is that the attacker or in the case of pen testing, and ethical hacker begins within the network, not from the outside. Application layer penetration testing, as the name implies, it testing done on various type of applications, such as web applications, client-server applications, and more.
As to the type of testing performed, it can be credential and access testing for determining what type of access a pen tester can actually obtain , to testing of the underlying security and functionality of the code for the applications. This type of test can assess a wide range of systems and supporting applications, including different types of test methods i.
While a large portion of application penetration testing is generally geared towards web-based applications β and understandably so β other forms of application testing can be performed. Internal systems on a Local Area Network LAN , and other non-web-based applications are often tested during application testing.
