Question

You work for a company that hired a pen testing firm to test the network. For the test, you gave them details on operating systems you use, applications you run and network devices. What describes this type of test?

Answer 1

Answer:

White box testing strategy

Explanation:

Pen or penetration testing, also known as ethical hacking is a technique used by an organisation to examine the computer systems, networks and web applications for security vulnerabilities such as loopholes, that can be exploited by an attacker.

There several strategies in pen testing that can be used to check for network vulnerabilities, they are, internal testing, external testing, black box testing, white box testing, blind testing etc.

Unlike in black box testing, white box testing provides all necessary information like IP addresses, network structure, operating system etc, to the pen tester.