Episode 3 of 10
What a penetration test is, and is not
A scan lists known vulnerabilities; a penetration test actually tries to get in and chains small flaws together.
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What does a penetration test add to an automated scan?
A scan lists known vulnerabilities, most of which do not matter for you. A pentest chains small flaws together the way an attacker would.
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06 · Basic
Secure and resilient
Back-ups you can restore, access per person, NIS2 and ISO 27001 without panic.
After this series you can:
- You have a restore tested and record, per system, how much loss and downtime you accept.
- You give each role only the access it needs, and have someone test where an attacker gets in.
- You check whether NIS2 applies to you and record who does what in an outage or incident.