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### How it works
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Here are the steps outlining the process of pentests:
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1. Hackers wanting to participate in pentests apply to be a part of the pentester community.
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2. HackerOne reviews all applicants and decides which hackers meet the criteria to join the pentest community.
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3. Hackers that are accepted into the pentest community are able to view available pentest opportunities from programs offering pentests.
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4. When hackers find a pentest they want to partcipate in, they submit an application to participate in the pentest.
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5. HackerOne looks at all applicants and forms a pentest team.
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6. After testing has been completed, the lead pentester will draft and submit a summary report of their findings.
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7. Once the vulnerabilities have been fixed, the pentest team will retest the vulnerabilities to make sure they're fixed.
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1. You'll work with one of HackerOne's technical program managers to scope out and set up your pentest.
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2. HackerOne will look at all pentest applicants and form the best pentest team for your pentest.
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3. When your pentest begins, the pentest team will have 2 weeks to find vulnerabilities.
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4. After testing has been completed, the lead pentester will draft and provide a summary report of the team's findings.
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5. You'll be able to remediate the found vulnerabilities.
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6. Once the vulnerabilities have been remediated, the pentest team will retest the vulnerabilities to make sure they’re fixed.
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After pentesting has been enabled for your program, your new pentest will be listed on the **Pentests** tab of your security page.
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To learn how pentests work from the hacker side, see the [Pentest Overview page for pentesters](/hackers/pentest-overview.html).
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### Managing Pentests
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After you log in to HackerOne, you’ll be met with the *Pentest Overview* page where you can view all information related to your pentest.
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Pentest Scope | You can view the details behind the progress of your checklists associated with your assets and see what each checklist entails.
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Vulnerabilities | You can view all the vulnerabilities that have been found and the associated vulnerability report, as well as the status and severity of the report.<br><br> If you have an integration set up to a tracking tool like Jira, you can choose to link your reports to the tool to get visibility into the remediation status.
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Pentest Team | You can view the members part of your pentest team.
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Pentest Team | You can view the members part of your pentest team.
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### Edit/View Pentests
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After pentesting has been enabled for your program, your new pentest will be listed on the **Pentests** tab of your security page.
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To edit or view your pentests:
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1. Go to your program security page.
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2. Click on the **Pentests** tab.

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