Vulnerability assessment and Penetration testing (also called pentesting/VAPT) is a controlled attempt to breach IT systems. Penetration testing is performed on behalf of the organization, in order to discover and remediate security weaknesses. There are two types of penetration testing services: manual and automated. Companies face increasing security threats in the advancement of cloud storage, bring-your-own-devices, and remote work. As security evolves, hackers work harder to stay a step ahead of both professionals and their cyber security software. All organizations need to work with security experts to ensure their business systems' safety. Organizations suffer from a growing number of threats from inside their organization, from malicious users or accidental security credentials loss to unauthorized access to sensitive data. Even the most loyal and diligent employees have accidentally divulged information or clicked the wrong link because of a lack of security education. Internal penetration testing can help ensure robust security against outside attacks and internal accidents or mischief. Penetration testing offers you the only true way to know if your digital assets are truly secure and, if they're not, what security measures you can take to strengthen them. Objectives of Vulnerability assessment and Penetration testing
Web application penetration testing looks for weaknesses in data validation and integrity, problems with authentication and session management, and other vulnerabilities. Penetration tests can identify security issues in databases, web application source code, and backend networks. A web application pentest typically has three phases. Reconnaissance, discovery of security vulnerabilities, and exploiting vulnerabilities, in an attempt to gain unauthorized access to the application or its backend systems.
A network penetration test identifies security weaknesses in network infrastructure, including firewalls, switches, routers, and endpoints like servers and employee workstations. It can help prevent attacks exploiting incorrect firewall configuration, attacks against routers or switches, DNS attacks, proxy attacks, man in the middle (MiTM), and more. Network penetration testing uses techniques like port scanning, traffic fuzzing, configuration vulnerability testing, virus scanning, and system fingerprinting.
Application programming interfaces (APIs) play a crucial role in modern information systems. Many IT systems communicate with APIs, or expose APIs, over the public Internet, making APIs a preferred attack vector for many attackers. API penetration testing involves learning an API’s structure and commands (some tools can import API commands using standards like OpenAPI), and checking for vulnerabilities like weak authentication, code injection, resource rate limiting, and data exposure.
Many organizations have adopted bring your own device (BYOD) policies, meaning that employee’s personal mobile devices are allowed to connect to the network. Naturally these devices are less secure than corporate devices. Mobile penetration testing can test new attack vectors, such as deploying malware through mobile applications or phishing messages sent to personal devices, attacks exploiting weaknesses in WiFi networks, compromise of mobile device management (MDM) protocols, and more.
Malicious users are often more successful at breaching a network infrastructure through social engineering than through traditional network/application exploitation. To help you prepare for this type of strike, we use a combination human and electronic methodologies to simulate attacks. Human-based attacks consist of impersonating a trusted individual in an attempt to gain information and/or access to information or the client infrastructure. Electronic-based attacks consists of using complex phishing attacks crafted with specific organizational goals and rigor in mind.
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