Network Security Assessment: Pen Testing

We are globally accessible and provide real-world insight to help businesses, charities, and even government entities develop threat models and methodologies to reduce their cybersecurity risks and create robust security foundations designed to contribute to a safer world. At The PenTesting Company, we use frameworks such as NIST SP 800-15, ATT&CK, OWASP, etc… to help guard against nefarious cyber attacks.

How Effective Is Your Security Program?

People come to us in order to avoid network intrusions and data breaches. Too often, an organization doesn’t know how effective their security program is until there’s a problem, and a substantial breach can cost a company the trust of its stakeholders. Unless you have your security policies and technical controls tested, you can’t objectively know that your defenses are strong enough to provide meaningful protection in this current climate of cybersecurity attacks. While your own staff may vouch for the quality of your systems, it’s often required to have an outside specialist provide the objective oversight you need to ensure that your security foundation is strong. And if it’s not–where are the gaps? What can you do to shore up the risks?

The Importance of Penetration Testing

To maintain the safety of your network(s) and systems from cyber threats, you’ll need to embrace penetration testing, making it an integral part of your security program. The ATT&CK security framework is designed to cover both internal and external network pen testing. As cybersecurity specialists, we use ATT&CK to ensure comprehensive coverage. Our tests are designed to do more than just penetrate an organization’s network. Once we achieve Domain Admin, our team will then seek out additional avenues of compromise. Bad actors could exploit these vulnerabilities internally or externally if they are not effectively managed. Unfortunately, an organization can’t manage a problem if they aren’t aware that the problem exists.

As cyber threats continue to evolve, penetration testing has become increasingly vital to an organization’s ongoing quest to protect its networks from bad actors. Many industries, of course, mandate penetration testing. Regulators are tasked to ensure that organizations working in these sectors have adopted pen testing and perform the necessary tests, in compliance with (hopefully exceeding) industry standards. Your organization might rely on its own in-house team to perform penetration tests, but our protocols and processes provide objective analysis, allowing your company to get the outside specialist testing for more assured peace of mind.

What Is External Pen Testing?

Your organization may be vulnerable to cyber attacks because of systems on the perimeter. These systems are those that are directly accessible via the internet. During external network penetration testing, we examine these exposed systems.

Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)

We search online for any data that could be exploited to compromise your systems. Bad actors will attempt to breach your external network in order to gain access to your organization’s most sensitive and private information. We search for anything that a cyber criminal might use to gain access to your customers or your company’s own proprietary information.

Professional Ethical Hackers

One of the hallmarks of our testing is that we favor ‘real-world’ analysis that incorporates the techniques of real hackers in our examination. Can hackers gain control of your organization’s systems? Can they burrow into your network to cause cyber mayhem? What is the level of risk for your network and what level of damage could malicious cyber intruders actually achieve given your network’s current state?

Human-Run Penetration Testing

Manual testing (real testing) helps organizations understand how specific cyber attacks could impact their operations. External penetration testing will show you how your defenses hold up against a hacker that wants into your network. With our service, we help your organization discover vulnerabilities so you can quickly and effectively address them to protect essential assets.

What Is Internal Penetration Testing?

Ever wonder what would happen if an adversary made it onto your network?

Assume Compromise

Most organizations focus on reducing their external risks. That may be where most cyber threats exist–on that external network perimeter–but that’s not where all threats exist. Organizations cannot rely exclusively on their secure perimeter to completely protect their internal network and systems. If an attacker or bad actor gets into an insecure internal network through any path (it only takes one), they can exploit their breach.

Insider Threats

During your internal penetration assessment your network’s safeguards will be tested to determine how well they actually stand up to malicious users. Internal attacks can wreak extensive damage often because they tend to go undetected for a longer period of time than external attacks. With an internal pen test, we can identify vulnerabilities so that they can be addressed immediately. During our analysis, we will demonstrate the potential impact that an internal breach could pose to the organization. Then, we can recommend ways to mitigate the risks.

External and Internal Testing Provide a Robust Level of Coverage

Organizations from a multitude of sectors rely on ATT&CK and our additional testing protocols to address their security vulnerabilities. Our comprehensive analysis includes both external and internal pen testing. If risks exist, we will find them, determine the extent of the risks, and help clients mitigate them for a more robust level of protection against internal and external threats. As cyber threats evolve in their sophistication and scope, it is incumbent upon organizations to understand if their networks are vulnerable. They owe it to their customers, employees, and, in some cases, the public at large.

Protect your networks from cyber attacks by consulting with The PenTesting Company. We can launch ATT&CK and our carefully developed testing products to help your organization better protect its networks and critical information. We look forward to discussing how our methodologies support your organization’s security and help you protect all of your assets from malicious hackers operating throughout the digital arena. Be sure to contact us to learn more or explore our website for further information about our capabilities and services.

Our Guarantee

Every business deserves to operate safely and securely. That’s why our team offers a 100% guarantee on all our services. If you aren’t satisfied with your security testing, we’ll work with you to make it right. We’re not satisfied until you are.

Protect Your Assets!

Establishing a mature security posture is mission critical for all types of organizations and businesses today. Whether you’re in the public or private sector, you know that failing to develop an effective security program is a liability, and you’ve likely seen the horror stories when organizations fall flat on their face in the moment of truth during cybersecurity attacks.

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