---
id: 162
title: "What is penetration testing?"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/what-is-pen-testing/"
published_at: "2026-04-30 13:00"
tags: ["ai-security", "cloud", "pentesting", "appsec", "vulnerability-management", "red-teaming", "compliance", "penetration-testing", "methodology", "owasp", "basics", "ethical-hacking", "security-testing"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/162"
lang: en
---

# What is penetration testing?

## Summary

Penetration testing simulates real attacks to validate exploitability and impact beyond automated scans, covering web, APIs, cloud, mobile, IoT, and AI via a structured test-and-report process.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2026-04-30 13:00
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/what-is-pen-testing/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/162