Network Pen Test - External or Internal

Service Description

What is penetration testing? It seems like every day dawns with a new headline regarding the latest cybersecurity attack. Hackers continue to steal millions of records and billions of dollars at an alarming frequency. The key to combating their efforts is to conduct thorough penetration tests throughout the year. Penetration testing is designed to assess your security before an attacker does. Penetration testing tools simulate real-world attack scenarios to discover and exploit security gaps that could lead to stolen records, compromised credentials, intellectual property, personally identifiable information (PII), cardholder data, personal, protected health information, data ransom, or other harmful business outcomes. By exploiting security vulnerabilities, penetration testing helps you determine how to best mitigate and protect your vital business data from future cybersecurity attacks. FUNDAMENTALS Offensive Security Select Section Penetration Testing Penetration Testing Tools Deception Technology What are honeypots? What are the stages of penetration testing? With any typical pen test, there are five key stages that must be completed: 1. Recon and information gathering 2. Scanning 3. Gaining access 4. Maintaining Access 5. Covering Tracks/ Analysis What does penetration testing mean to a business? A penetration test is a crucial component to network security. Through these tests a business can identify: 1. Security vulnerabilities before a hacker does 2. Gaps in information security compliance 3. The response time of their information security team 4. The potential real-world effect of a data breach or attack 5. Actionable remediation guidance Through penetration testing, security professionals can effectively find and test the security of multi-tier network architectures, custom applications, web services, and other IT components. These penetration testing tools and services help you gain fast insight into the areas of highest risk so that you may effectively plan security budgets and projects. Thoroughly testing the entirety of a business's IT infrastructure is imperative to taking the precautions needed to secure vital data from cybersecurity hackers, while simultaneously improving the response time of an IT department in the event of an attack.