TESTING THE ORGANIZATION'S CORPORATE NETWORK FOR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS

In today's world, the number of cyber attacks is increasing every year. These attacks lead to massive loss of confidential data, disruption of critical infrastructure. The number of cyberattacks has only increased since the beginning of the pandemic and carries with it significant financial and reputational risks for any company. The work considers possible methods of testing the security of the organization's corporate network against unauthorized penetration. Simulation of testing for unauthorized access to selected information resources was carried out and possible attacks after obtaining such access were characterized. The most typical methods of exploitation of possible vulnerabilities in corporate networks are given. The Kali Linux distribution was chosen because it contains many tools for penetration testing, which allows for periodic testing of networks and nodes, as well as corporate network security audits in order to identify existing vulnerabilities, configuration flaws and close them before they can be used by attackers. During the study, it was found that each system is unique in its own way due to the use of different types of signatures and applications. Such a rep