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# Why is verification of domain ownership required?

Domain verification is a process to make sure that a rightful owner or authorized person is carrying out the security test of a particular domain. This helps us to avoid any sort of unauthorized testing on the platform. Due to the amount of sensitive information that is revealed as a result of a security test we want to make sure that they do not end up in the hands of the wrong people.

You can verify your domain ownership in either of the two ways: File verification or DNS verification.