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Cybersecurity Practice Test: Information Gathering Phase & Techniques — Flashcards

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Information gathering is a crucial step in identifying and mitigating potential threats to an organization's network and assets. It is also an important phase of penetration testing.

The information gathering process typically has four phases:

  1. Identification: Identify the information to be gathered and categorize the data sources
  2. Collection: Gather information through various methods
  3. Analysis: Analyze the information
  4. Reporting: Report the information
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________________ is a component of the reconnaissance stage that is used to gather possible information for a target computer system or network.
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