penetration

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-003070",
  "term": "penetration",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. Unauthorized access to a Federal Government or critical infrastructure network, information system, or application.\n\n2. A security event, or a combination of multiple security events, that constitutes a security incident in which an intruder gains, or attempts to gain, access to a system or system resource without having authorization to do so.\n\n3. See intrusion.",
  "synonyms": [
    "intrusion"
  ],
  "references": [
    "CNSSI 4009-2022 from NSPD-54/HSPD-23",
    "CNSSI 4009-2015 from IETF RFC 4949 Ver 2; CNSSI 4009-2022 from IETF RFC 4949 Ver 2",
    "CNSSI 4009-2015",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/penetration/"
}