# Penetration Testing

> A technique for attacking a system under agreement to find the paths that bypass its controls.

Record: `lexicon:penetration-testing`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Security Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/security-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-penetration-testing

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Server-Side Enforcement](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/server-side-enforcement.md) and before [Authorization Tests](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/authorization-tests.md).

## Category

- [Security Privacy Compliance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/security-privacy-compliance.md)

## Refactors

- [Security Theater](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/security-theater.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)