← Offensive Security UniCybers Labs
Offensive Security

Pentest Methodology

The phases of a penetration test from scoping to retest. Expand a phase to see its objective, the key activities, and what it should produce.

About

How a professional pentest runs end to end, aligned with the PTES and NIST SP 800-115 methodologies. Eight phases from pre engagement scoping through reporting and retest.

Authorised testing only. Every activity here, especially exploitation and post exploitation, must stay strictly within an agreed scope and rules of engagement, backed by written authorisation. Without that, it is not a pentest, it is a crime.

Aligned with the Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES) and NIST SP 800-115. Phase descriptions written in our own words.

UniCybers Labs ยท Offensive Security Back to Offensive Security tools