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Penetration testing is an important part of a security team's threat and vulnerability management capability. Many risks and security managers rely on penetration testing as an independent verification mechanism to assess their controls and their organization's IT environment.
For some companies, such testing is mandatory, for example, to meet the requirements of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.
Other organizations may require penetration testing to comply with a specific information security management standard, such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) or Center for Internet Security (CIS) standards.
Penetration testing can encompass a wide range of activities and outcomes. Clients typically focus on testing external and internal networks, as well as critical internal and external web applications.
More recently, wireless network testing has become more common, sometimes to meet regulatory requirements such as the payment card industry's data security standard, as well as physical testing, depending on the enterprise vertical (e.g., utilities or retail). Specific phishing and social engineering tests are sometimes performed.
