Companies should periodically conduct physical penetration tests to assess the security posture of their office and data center and find any vulnerabilities. Physical security testing, while not as common as software or network pen testing, shows organizations how feasible unauthorized access is for would-be attackers.
Organizations can have the pen tester — whether an internal red team member or an external ethical hacker — record their actions with hidden cameras and share the footage and findings in a report with remediation recommendations to improve security.
Let’s look at physical pen testing goals, two physical pen testing approaches ethical hackers use and some common tools for the exercise.
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