In black box testing, an authentic hacking attempt is orchestrated. The attacking team needs to pass through all the usual stages, including reconnaissance, infiltration, establishing a foothold, and finding exploitable weaknesses. The authenticity of black box network penetration testing is equal to a real cyber-attack, which makes this approach ideal for companies that want to test the full performance of their system’s defenses. Black box testing is the opposite of white box testing in which the attackers are given precise information about system vulnerabilities, operating tools, and the personnel guarding the system.