---
id: 938
title: "Complete Guide to Pentesting"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/what-is-penetration-testing/"
published_at: "2021-02-16T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["pentesting", "offensive-security", "penetration-testing", "bugcrowd", "guide", "cybersecurity-basics"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/938"
lang: en
---

# Complete Guide to Pentesting

## Summary

A pentesting 101 guide covering what penetration testing is, its roots in 1990s adversary simulation, why human testers outperform scanners, and which test types suit which organizations.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2021-02-16T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/what-is-penetration-testing/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/938