Hostilla.pl IT glossary
What is penetration testing?
Penetration testing is a controlled examination of the vulnerabilities of an application or infrastructure. The client can test his own application, but aggressive scanning of shared hosting, ports or server services should be agreed with the administration in advance so that it is not treated as an attack and blocked by CSF/Imunify360.
Definition
Penetration testing is a controlled examination of the vulnerabilities of an application or infrastructure. The client can test his own application, but aggressive scanning of shared hosting, ports or server services should be agreed with the administration in advance so that it is not treated as an attack and blocked by CSF/Imunify360.
What does it mean in practice?
For hosted services, penetration testing matters when identifying threats, limiting access, preserving evidence and verifying that a remediation really worked.
A practical Hostilla.pl example
For a security incident, record the affected account, domain, source IP and timestamp before changing logs or files. penetration testing is useful only when it is connected to evidence and a controlled remediation step.
What should you check?
- the affected service, URL, account and time window
- server, application, authentication and mail logs
- known-good backups and the last controlled change
- least-privilege access, containment and a verification test