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Penetration Testing
  • The use of teams consisting of data processing, communications, and security specialists to attempt to penetrate a system for the purpose of identifying any security weaknesses. (AR 380-380;)
  • The use of special programmer analyst teams to attempt to penetrate a system for the purpose of identifying any security weaknesses. (FIPS PUB 39;)
  • The portion of security testing in which the evaluators attempt to circumvent the security features of a system. The evaluators may be assumed to use all system design and implementation documentation which may include listings of system source code, manuals, and circuit diagrams. The evaluators work under the same constraints applied to ordinary users. (NCSC-WA-001-85;; CSC-STD-001-83;)
  • The portion of security testing in which the evaluators attempt to circumvent the security features of a system. The evaluators may be assumed to use all system design and implementation documentation, that may include listings of system source code, manuals, and circuit diagrams. The evaluators work under the same constraints applied to ordinary users. (NCSC-TG-004-88)