Ilaitia Tuisawau
IT professionals
who specialise in
cybersecurity — are
in heavy demand.
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Most information technology (IT) and cybersecurity experts will advise you that penetration testing (pentests) is essential for assured network security, and you are vulnerable unless you do it regularly – preferably annually or after any major changes in systems or network infrastructure.
Then there are other security experts who tell you pentesting is a waste of time and money.
Unfortunately, both of these views are not quite correct. The reality of pentesting is more complicated and subtle.
Penetration testing has a fairly broad definition. The most obvious one infers breaking into a network to demonstrate you can.