---
id: 8338
title: "Penetration Testing – Deception through Vocabulary"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/penetration-testing-deception-through-vocabulary/"
published_at: "2012-04-24T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["security-industry", "penetration-testing", "terminology", "vulnerability-assessment", "definitions"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8338"
lang: en
---

# Penetration Testing – Deception through Vocabulary

## Summary

NetSPI argues vendors misuse security terminology, defining a true penetration test as enumeration plus manual verification and safe exploitation—not the scan-only services sold under the name.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2012-04-24T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/penetration-testing-deception-through-vocabulary/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8338