Penetration test
nounid
3541·updated May 9, 2026verified
The process of using approved, qualified personnel to conduct real-world attacks against a system to identify and correct security weaknesses before they are discovered and exploited by others.
MWE
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Entity Type
Process92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Restricted78%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Penetration tests
- possessive
- Penetration test's
- pluralpossessive
- Penetration tests'
Framework definitions
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
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- The process of using approved, qualified personnel to conduct real-world attacks against a system to identify and correct security weaknesses before they are discovered and exploited by others.
- §1 · legacy_primary
- The process of using approved, qualified personnel to conduct real-world attacks against a system to identify and correct security weaknesses before they are discovered and exploited by others.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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