The seven main types of security testing as per Open Source Security Testing methodology manual are:

Vulnerability Scanning: Automated software scans a system against known vulnerabilities.

Security Scanning:Manual or automated technique to identify network and system weaknesses.

Penetration testing: Penetration testing is on the security testing which helps in IDENTIFYING vulnerabilities in a system.

Risk Assessment: It INVOLVES analysis of possible risk in the system. RISKS are classified as Low, Medium and High.

Security Auditing:Complete inspection of systems and applications to detect vulnerabilities.

Ethical hacking:Hacking done on a system to detect flaws in it rather than personal benefits.

Posture Assessment:This combines Security scanning, Ethical Hacking and Risk Assessments to show an OVERALL security posture of an organization.

The seven main types of security testing as per Open Source Security Testing methodology manual are:

Vulnerability Scanning: Automated software scans a system against known vulnerabilities.

Security Scanning:Manual or automated technique to identify network and system weaknesses.

Penetration testing: Penetration testing is on the security testing which helps in identifying vulnerabilities in a system.

Risk Assessment: It involves analysis of possible risk in the system. Risks are classified as Low, Medium and High.

Security Auditing:Complete inspection of systems and applications to detect vulnerabilities.

Ethical hacking:Hacking done on a system to detect flaws in it rather than personal benefits.

Posture Assessment:This combines Security scanning, Ethical Hacking and Risk Assessments to show an overall security posture of an organization.