The term “penetration testing” often crosses our minds, but many times we let it go when thinking about its literal meaning. People who are a little curious think twice about it, because “what is it?” and “is this really necessary?” So we are here to shed some light on this system and its benefits. So what is it? Speaking of the definition, Wiki explains: “A penetration test, or pentest for short, is an attack on a computer system with the intention of finding security vulnerabilities, and potentially gaining access to it, its functionality and its data. So, in simple English, it is a security test of a system (standalone or networked) against attacks from malicious or dangerous sources. It is important to note here that the results are divided into levels, generally low, medium and high threat levels. So we know which vulnerabilities require maximum attention. Although some readers may find this a bit similar to hacking, and it is, the only difference is the permission of the system owner. If you are considering doing a penetration test on someone else's system, ...