This phase will increase the odds of success in later phases of the penetration te

st. It is also the very first step in Information Gathering, and it will tell you what the -landscape- looks like.

What is the most important phase of ethical hacking in which you need to spend a considerable amount of time?

A. footprinting

B. network

mapping

C. gaining access

D. escalating privileges

Footprinting is a first step that a penetration tester used to evaluate the security of any IT infrastructure, footprinting means to gather the maximum information about the computer system or a

network and about the devices that are attached to this network.

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