WHAT IS PENETARTION TESTING
penetration testing has become an integral part of a comprehensive security program a simulated attack on systems or an entire IT infrastructure pen tests exposed the weakness in your core attack vectors operating systems network devices and application software the idea is to find and secure vulnerabilities before attackers exploit them pen testing has never been more important than it is today with DDoS attack phishing ransomware and countless other tactics used by increasingly sophisticated cyber criminals the best defense starts with knowing your strengths and weaknesses as some two wrote in the art of war if ignorant of your enemy and yourself you are certain to be imperiled pentesting provides intelligence and insight into how to mature your security organization by understanding how you could be and likely will be attacked and what steps you need to take to secure your organization however penetration tests are not created equal if you were to google pen test you would likely find an assortment of companies offering to conduct inexpensive fast tests geared to help meter your PCI requirements or some other compliance standard pen tests need to be about more than checking a box they need to be the critical starting point to improve cyber defense further one important thing to remember molnár ability assessments are not Penta vulnerability assessments provide a prioritized list of vulnerabilities and how to remediate that quality pentest have a goal in mind whether that is to hack into a specific system breach a database for simply probe as an attacker would to find hackable systems ten tests are conducted by ethical hackers to mimic the strategies and actions of an attacker the five steps in contesting should be what find a vulnerability to design an attack three a point team of ethical hackers four determine what kind of data they could steal five act on the finding quality penetration test should give you deep insight into the organization's overall security posture and more importantly how to prioritize molnar abilities found in the test and eliminate that in order to improve the organization's security maturity
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