{"id":16252,"date":"2021-10-25T15:19:03","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T09:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getastra.com\/blog\/?p=16252"},"modified":"2026-06-02T09:49:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T04:19:29","slug":"scope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getastra.com\/blog\/penetration-testing\/scope\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Defining Penetration Testing Scope is Important? – ASTRA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An increase in data breaches, data exposures, and data leaks has been an ongoing trend for the past few years. This is a result of improperly secured networks and applications and hackers finding new ways to break into the systems. In the first half of 2021, more than 118 million people were impacted<\/a> by data breaches, exposure, and data leaks. Defining penetration testing scope plays an essential role in avoiding data breaches and securing a company’s data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>Introduction to Penetration Testing<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Penetration Testing is a process to find security bugs within a software program or a computer network. It is used to find flaws or weaknesses within an existing software or computer network to make it more secure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Penetration Testing is often conducted by a third party that is not affiliated with the software company or network provider. The purpose of a Penetration Testing Service<\/a> is to find the vulnerabilities within the IT infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Penetration testers can perform Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing<\/a> manually or by using software tools. The software tools are automated, and they perform the scanning of the system<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n