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Passive Security Testing

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Security testing that does not involve any direct interaction with the targets, such as sending packets to a target.

MWENISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

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Passive Security Testings
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Passive Security Testing's
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