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What you need to know

PENETRATION TESTING

Penetration testing (pen testing) is a process that employs the same strategies and tools that a hacker would use to test, evaluate, and enhance the security measures of businesses’ networks and systems.

Organizations can use pen tests to test their online apps, networks, and IT systems for potential security flaws that an attacker might exploit. To determine an organization’s susceptibility to threats like malware and ransomware, penetration testers must collect data about the system they are testing, find potential entry points, and simulate an attack.

Businesses can get knowledgeable, independent third-party input on their security procedures by regularly conducting pen tests. Pen testing can assist in preventing extremely expensive and destructive breaches, despite being potentially time-consuming and expensive.

Penetration tests seek to identify and document security flaws within an organization. They evaluate the organization’s and its staff’s capacity to identify and address events, as well as their adherence to security regulations, including the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

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THE PROBLEM WE SOLVE

  • Strengthen your security posture
  • Uncover any unknown issues
  • Identify vulnerabilities before attackers do
  • Meet governance, legislative and compliance obligations

How we do it

  • Network Penetration Test
  • Web Application Testing
  • Wireless Assessment
  • Social Engineering
  • Vulnerability Evaluation
  • and much more…
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Understanding Penetration TEsting

A cyberattack simulation launched on your computer system is known as penetration testing, sometimes referred to as pen testing. The simulation aids in identifying vulnerability points and evaluating IT breach security.

Businesses can get knowledgeable, independent third-party input on their security procedures by regularly conducting pen tests. Pen testing can assist in preventing extremely expensive and destructive breaches, despite being potentially time-consuming and expensive.

How do we perform penetration testing?

A network’s security is tested during network penetration testing. Businesses must consult with specialists prior to pen testing considering the importance of their network. In addition to ensuring that testing doesn’t harm the network, experts can offer more accurate insights on vulnerabilities. Experts in penetration testing can assist firms before, during and after the assessment in obtaining relevant and advantageous results.

Businesses can get knowledgeable, independent third-party input on their security procedures by regularly conducting pen tests. Pen testing can assist in preventing extremely expensive and destructive breaches, despite being potentially time-consuming and expensive.

Is penetration testing the same as a vulnerability assessment?

Assessments of vulnerabilities are different from penetration tests. An evaluation of security and a scan are the main components of a vulnerability assessment. However, a penetration test simulates a cyberattack and uses vulnerabilities that have been found.

What is penetration testing compliance?

The security experts produce a penetration test report once they have tested your systems. Both the vulnerabilities as well as the remedial action are described in this document. Once the vulnerabilities have been addressed, a rescan is performed to ensure that all the gaps have been closed and your system is secure. Various sectors require this kind of testing and certification in order to ensure local and international security compliance for their businesses.

Depending on the security standards under consideration, the penetration test’s specified scope and frequency can change. This guide will teach us everything there is to know about that.

Businesses can get knowledgeable, independent third-party input on their security procedures by regularly conducting pen tests. Pen testing can assist in preventing extremely expensive and destructive breaches, despite being potentially time-consuming and expensive.

Who needs penetration testing compliance?

Certain industries, notably those that handle sensitive client data, as a rule call require vulnerability assessments and penetration tests. We will discuss a few of the different security laws that include Penetration Testing Compliance. They are.

  • HIPAA for medical facilities
  • PCI-DSS for businesses that handle payments
  • Banks and non-banking financial institutions should use RBI-ISMS.
  • For service organizations, SOC 2.
  • For every corporation prepared to formally define operations around information security, ISO 27001.
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Types of penetration testing

Web application

This test, in accordance with its name, focuses on all online applications. While there may be some overlap between network services and web applications, a web application test is significantly more in-depth, demanding, and time-consuming.

More companies than ever adopt online apps, many of which are sophisticated and open to the public. As a result, web apps make up the majority of the external attack surface. Some web applications are weak on the client side, while others are weak on the server. Web applications broaden IT departments’ attack surfaces in any case.

Web application tests are essential to a business, despite being expensive and time-consuming. SQL injection, cross-site scripting, unreliable authentication, and inadequate cryptography are a few possible web application problems.

    Wireless

    A wireless penetration test finds and takes advantage of weak authentication and vulnerable wireless network setups. Users may be able to connect to a wired network from outside the building thanks to vulnerable protocols and inadequate setups.

    Businesses are also employing more mobile devices than ever, but they have trouble keeping them safe. When using their devices on unsecure, public guest networks, business personnel will be the target of a wireless pen test.

      Network infrastructure

      The most typical kind of penetration testing is an assault on the network infrastructure of a company. The test can concentrate on the network’s internal infrastructure, such as getting around an NGIPS, or it can concentrate on the network’s exterior infrastructure, such as getting past improperly configured external firewalls. Businesses may be concentrating on internal testing of their segmentation policies, which draws an attacker’s attention away from lateral system movement. In a test conducted externally, the attacker concentrates on perimeter defense, such as getting beyond a next-generation firewall (NGFW).

      Endpoint protection system evasion, network traffic interception, router testing, credential theft, network service exploitation, discovery of legacy hardware and third-party appliances, and other tactics are all examples of network assaults.

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        What is social engineering?

        Crucially, a company’s security not only relies on protection of data, but physical protection as well. Exercises of social engineering mimic typical social engineering assaults including phishing, baiting, and pretexting. These assaults seek to influence staff members into clicking a link or doing another action that breaches the company network. In many cases, clicking a link which may grant access, downloads malicious software, or divulges credentials.

        The susceptibility of a company’s employees to these attacks can be determined using a social engineering test. Adversaries may gain initial access to the company’s internal network as a result of minor personnel errors. 

        Businesses can do a physical penetration test that focuses on the organization’s physical security. In these tests, an attacker looks for discarded papers or credentials that can be used to undermine security, or they try to enter the premises. Once inside the facility, a potential attacker might try to collect information by listening in on conversations or placing malicious equipment in offices to get remote access to the company’s internal network.

        Although IT frequently concentrates on digital security, network protection solutions can be meaningless if the company permits access to the facility or divulges information to outsiders. An employee might, for instance, grant entrance to the facility or provide the Wi-Fi password without first verifying that the person requesting it is an employee.