What does pentesting mean?

Swiss Post has made its e-voting system available for a public hacker test. This procedure triggered numerous discussions. Radio SRF1 asks Cyrill Brunschwiler what is tested for legal hacks.

Many companies have their IT systems checked for security by hackers or pentesters. And rightly so: "Although security precautions are taken, they are often not effective enough," says Cyrill Brunschwiler to Radio SRF1.

 

You can listen to the interview here (in German).