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# Other General Information

A typical penetration test comprises the following stages:

* Defining the Scope
* Information Gathering
* Vulnerability Detection
* Initial Foothold
* Privilege Escalation
* Lateral Movement
* Reporting/Analysis
* Lessons Learned/Remediation

The scope of a penetration test engagement defines which IP ranges, hosts, and applications should be test subjects during the engagement, as compared to out-of-scope items that should not be tested.

Once we have agreed with the client on the engagement's scope and time frame, we can proceed to the second step, information gathering.