Gather information about the target system’s design, architecture, functionality, and security.

This process includes network mapping, DNS enumeration, and OSINT (open-source intelligence)

• Network Mapping: Process of visualizing the topology of a network.
• DNS Enumeration: Process of gathering data about DNS servers, domain names, and IP addresses.
• OSINT: Process of gathering data from different online resources to gain information about the target.

Using automated tools to detect vulnerabilities, lack of security in target systems.

Also conducts manual inspections to detect vulnerabilities that automated tools might have missed, such as logical flaws or complex security issues.

This is the next step in vulnerability detection which basically evaluates the potential impact of each vulnerability detected.

This process includes if the detected vulnerabilities are valid.

This process tries to identify the actual impact of the vulnerabilities by attempting to simulate what a real attacker might do.

This process includes techniques such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), and privilege escalation.

Process of concluding to what extent the attacker can cause damage.

This Process includes evaluating data access, system control, and persistence.

Summarize a report that includes the following;

• Executive Summary: Includes an overview of detected vulnerabilities and recommendations for the company/organization.
• Technical Details: Includes a detailed explanation of the vulnerabilities detected, exploitation methods, and impact analysis.
• Prioritizing Risk: Ranking the detected vulnerabilities based on their potential impact and severity.
• Recommendations: Provides solutions to fix the detected vulnerabilities and improve the security standards of the organization/company.

This process involves patching software, reconfiguring systems, or enhancing security controls which guides to solve the detected vulnerabilities.damage.

The process also includes conducting testing to make sure that the detected vulnerabilities have been solved.

Implement continuous monitoring and time to time security assessments to maintain strong security standards. damage.