An organization wants to test its vulnerability to an employee with network privileges accessing the network maliciously. Which type of penetration test should be used to test this vulnerability?
- blue-box
- white-box
- gray-box
- black-box
Explanation & Hints:
Gray-box penetration testing is when the test is run from within the internal network. Because most compromises start at the client and work their way throughout the network, a good approach would be a scope where the testers start inside the network and have access to a client machine. Then they could pivot throughout the network to determine the impact of a compromise. Gray-box testing is done in a partially known environment. |