Penetration test – What is it? Almost every IT user is now aware that attacks on the IT infrastructure take place daily in their own company. Even supposedly less attractive targets are no longer stopped today, because the weakest link in the system chain is extremely interesting as an entry point for hackers. For this reason, especially companies that work with networked IT systems should regularly carry out IT security tests that have been developed to uncover current attack possibilities. A best practice is penetration testing to determine the potential attack on the entire IT infrastructure, a single IT system or a (web) application. In the results report, found vulnerabilities are categorized, prioritized and given advice on how to eliminat ...