It is a combination of manual and automated testing of a client's public facing systems. An external penetration test emulates the role of a malicious attacker on the internet attempting to gain access to an internal network without internal resources or inside knowledge. A YTechX specialist attempts to gather sensitive information through open-source intelligence (OSINT), including employee information, historical breached passwords, and more that can be leveraged against external systems to gain internal network access. The consultant also performs scanning and enumeration to identify potential vulnerabilities in hopes of exploitation.