Penetration Testing
There’s often a blurred line between vulnerability testing and actual penetration testing. When a vulnerability assessment is conducted, the assessment is, primarily, based on automated tools that identify potential weaknesses in your environment. A Penetration test goes further and deeper than a Vulnerability Assessment and a tester (human rather than a robot) will safely exploit security weaknesses in order to gain further access to your critical systems.
Why complete a Penetration Test in your organisation?
Vulnerabilities can exist in operating systems, services and applications. They can be created through application flaws, improper configurations and end-user behaviours. A penetration test can help to validate adherence to internal policies and the effectiveness of controls across the enterprise.
When performed regularly they can bring many benefits
Prioritisation of security risks
Demonstrates mature security culture within the business
Meet regulatory and compliance standards, such as PCI DSS
Demonstrate to your clients that securing their data is important
Internal Penetration Tests
Infrastructure Penetration Test
The internal network-layer penetration test is typically conducted on-site, however, depending on the size and scale of the agreed scope, this could be conducted remotely through a device installed on-site creating a secure connection. Network layer penetration testing identifies weaknesses with the configuration of hosts, servers and any security flaws due to missing patches or misconfigurations. This allows you to have a ‘real world’ understanding of how your environment looks and what could be exploited by the nefarious actions of a hacker or rogue employee.
Network segmentation testing
Network segmentation ensures that sensitive business functions are isolated from other areas of the network. Segmentation testing ensures that this isolation is effective and appropriate so that sensitive business functions remain secure.
