Chapter Review Questions
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- You work in third-line support dealing with both cybersecurity and network security assessments. Your organization is looking to assess its security posture by employing ethical hackers to identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses in its defenses. Which of the following types of penetration testing best fits your requirements?
- Defensive penetration testing
- Passive reconnaissance
- Active reconnaissance
- Offensive penetration testing
- Which reconnaissance type aims to gather initial data about the target without alerting or engaging with its systems to minimize the risk of detection?
- Active...