Penetration testing (Computer security) (Topical Term)

Work cat.: 2011025807: Penetration tester's open source toolkit, 2011.

McGraw-Hill Dict. of Sci. and Tech. Terms, 2003 (Penetration testing: an activity that is intended to determine if there is a way to cause a computer program to fail to perform in the expected manner; it involves hypothsizing flaws that would prevent the program from enforcing security, and conducting experiments to confirm or refute hypothesized flaws)

Wikipedia, viewed June 20, 2011 (Penetration test; occasionally: Pentest; evaluating the security of a computer system or network by simulating an attack from a malicious source)

CEH prep guide : the comprehensive guide to certified ethical hacking, 2008.