Penetration
nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026
Gaining unauthorized logical access to sensitive data by circumventing a system's protections.
Framework senses
- §1
- Gaining unauthorized logical access to sensitive data by circumventing a system's protections.
- §1
- the act of entering into or through something
- §2
- the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman
- §3
- an attack that penetrates into enemy territory
- §4
- the depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target)
- §5
- the ability to make way into or through something
- §6
- clear or deep perception of a situation