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Iran's uranium enrichment facilities were some of the most high-security buildings in the world. Not just with physical checkpoints and guards, but with air-gapped digital defenses. All of that security became moot in 2010 when Stuxnet devastated the facility.
Penetration testing is crucial to ensuring a resilient security posture within an organization. It simulates an attack on the system, application, or network to discover vulnerabilities before hackers do. Developers often use penetration testing to verify that applications’ internal resources are safe from unauthorized access. In this situation, the tester or ethical hacker serves as a malicious actor. They gather as much information about the system as possible to find exploitable weaknesses.