Network Security and
Protection

Footprinting and Reconnaissance Concepts

Learning Outcome

They collect evidence, interview witnesses, examine locations, and study every available clue

 A detective investigating a case.

Determine the organization, website, domain, IP address, or system that will be assessed.

Collect publicly available information from websites, search engines, social media, and public records.

Gather technical details such as domains, subdomains, DNS records, email addresses, and IP addresses.

How it works

 Introduction to Footprinting and Reconnaissance

Before any cyberattack simulation or security assessment, information about the target must be gathered. This process, called Footprinting and Reconnaissance, is the first phase of ethical hacking. It helps security professionals understand the target's systems, infrastructure, technologies, and potential weaknesses.

Footprinting and Reconnaissance enable ethical hackers to build a target profile, identify attack surfaces, and plan further security assessments. The more information collected, the more effective the later testing phases become.

What is Footprinting?

Footprinting is the process of gathering information about a target organization's systems, networks, infrastructure, employees, and technologies to create a detailed profile using publicly available or accessible information.

What is Reconnaissance?

Summary

 Which of the following is an example of Active Reconnaissance?

 Which of the following is an example of Active Reconnaissance?