nerdexam
GIAC

GSLC · Question #133

Maria works as a professional Ethical Hacker. She recently has been assigned a project to test about the infrastructure of its network: - Network diagrams of the we-are-secure infrastructure…

The correct answer is C. Whitebox. White box testing (also called clear box or glass box testing) means the ethical hacker is given full knowledge of the target environment before testing begins. In this scenario, Maria received network diagrams, source code of security tools, and IP addressing information - all…

Security Architecture & Engineering

Question

Maria works as a professional Ethical Hacker. She recently has been assigned a project to test about the infrastructure of its network:

  • Network diagrams of the we-are-secure infrastructure
  • Source code of the security tools
  • IP addressing information of the we-are-secure network

Which of the following testing methodologies is we-are-secure.com using to test the security of its network?

Options

  • ABlackbox
  • BAlpha testing
  • CWhitebox
  • DGraybox

How the community answered

(26 responses)
  • A
    4% (1)
  • B
    8% (2)
  • C
    85% (22)
  • D
    4% (1)

Explanation

White box testing (also called clear box or glass box testing) means the ethical hacker is given full knowledge of the target environment before testing begins. In this scenario, Maria received network diagrams, source code of security tools, and IP addressing information - all internal, privileged details. This level of disclosure is the defining characteristic of white box testing. Black box testing provides zero prior knowledge (simulating an outside attacker). Gray box testing provides partial knowledge. Alpha testing is a software QA phase, not a penetration testing methodology.

Topics

#white box testing#penetration testing#security testing methodology#network assessment

Community Discussion

No community discussion yet for this question.

Full GSLC Practice