# Recon and Information Gathering Phase

So once you have decided on a target you want to start your recon-process.

The recon-phase is usually divided up into two phases.

1. Passive information gathering / OSINT This is when you check out stuff like:
   * Web information
   * Email Harvesting
   * Whois enumeration
2. Active information gathering

This is when you start scanning the target with your different tools.