After the white hat hacker has had a chance to go through and do a full penetration test, there are a few different things that will happen. During the post-exploitation part, they will explore all of the actions that a hacker will try to do after they breach the network. They can simulate a lateral movement to see exactly how far the attacker can get into the network and see whether they can get ahold of the data as well. Some things your professional may try to do during this include:

# Check whether sensitive information can be siphoned off the compromised systems.

# How easy it is for a hacker to get access to and change the data.

# Whether the attacker is able to get some special privileges and gain control over critical parts of the system.

Once the hacker is done with all of that work, they will have a good idea of the full impact of a breach and what some of the risks are for the business. They will then spend some time doing a report that they can give back to the client when they are done. This is going to be a comprehensive summary that includes information about:

# The process and different methods that the hacker used during the test.

# The results of the test. This will include some of the strengths and the weaknesses that were discovered in the process of their work.

# The techniques that they used in exploitation and get the work done.

# What they recommend for remediation and making the network a little bit stronger as well.

The hacker should sit down with your business and discuss what happened and all the steps that went along the way. This is going to give you a better idea of what they found and you can ask questions to ensure that nothing is missed along the way. If the penetration testing was done well, you will find out all of the vulnerabilities and can get them fixed up as soon as possible. They may be able to work with you to discover the best course of action to avoid problems later on.

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