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5 Common Pentesting Mistakes Neeraj Mishra The Crazy Programmer

Penetration testing (or pentesting) is one of the most effective means of unearthing weaknesses and flaws in your IT infrastructure. It exposes gaps so you can plug them before a malicious party takes advantage. Whereas the benefits of pentesting are clear, a pentest is only as effective as its planning and execution.  Substandard pentesting will not only yield results that add no value but could also endanger the very infrastructure it’s meant to help protect. Before you run a pentest or commission a third party like Emagined Security to do it for you, beware of the most common mistakes testers and businesses make. Here’s a look at some of these. 5 Common Pentesting Mistakes Disregarding Professional Ethics A pentester must put themselves in the shoes of a real hacker if they are to model and run scenarios that mirror the real world. But that is the only thing that a tester should have in common with a cybercriminal. Importantly, the pentester should leverage their technical ab