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External Penetration Testing

External Networks present a primary target for real-world attacks as they host the publicly accessible critical assets for your business, often running business-critical systems and are always online and accessible.

A number of real-world threats are known to impact your external infrastructure and can result from outdated software, misconfigurations, and insecure authentication measures.

Our team have over 10 years of expertise focused on security testing practices.

We identify, evaluate and communicate the issues which pose a risk to your business.

We utilise a best practice external penetration testing methodology alongside years of industry experience.

Our team of penetration testers use tried and tested approaches to identify the issues which present a critical risk to your business.

Our experienced cyber security professionals ensure you stay informed throughout the external pentest process.

Through regular communication, scheduled calls, and ongoing support, we ensure you have all the information needed to understand and improve your cyber security posture.

Why Conduct A Security Assessment

Security incidents are often reported to have impacted over half of businesses and lead to costs and impacts which can be difficult to recover from. A security assessment can help to provide assurance to your clients, peace of mind to your business owners, and to proactively address risks.

On average, over a hundred new vulnerabilities are disclosed each day, which may affect the security of your systems.

Conducting a penetration test can uncover the vulnerabilities which impact your business and help to identify solutions to improve your security posture.

Cyber Security has become increasingly prevalent as a client, partner and supplier requirement.

Penetration testing can evidence your commitment to cybersecurity, illustrate your proactive approach to security and demonstrate a seriousness to information security best practices, helping to maintain the confidence of existing clients and win new business.

Where a cyber security incident does occur, there are often several associated costs involved, such as the time and resources required for recovery, and any relevant fines and penalties which may be levied against your business for not managing information security effectively.

Conducting a penetration test can identify the areas of risk within your business and help to produce a cost-effective approach and targeted strategy to address these security weaknesses.

Multiple compliance standards focus on your cyber security posture and how a business manages information security effectively.

Regular Penetration Testing has become a staple component of compliance requirements, and can be conducted to align with your certification standards, and improve your organisation’s overall reputation for the secure management of information security.

Benefits of A Security Assessment

External Network Penetration Testing offers a range of benefits for your business to help improve overall security posture and gain a detailed knowledge of the real-world attacks which can impact your business.

Conducting a security assessment can highlight the risks which attackers may use to steal user credentials and gain access to your business-critical systems.

This allows proactive steps to be taken to improve cyber security and resolve potential vulnerabilities.

Through conducting security tests your teams can gain insight into how insecure development practices can introduce vulnerabilities into your systems, and how these compromises can lead to additional cyber attacks.

This information can be used to guide improvements to enhance your cyber security.

The cost of a cyber security incident can quickly escalate due to downtime, reputational impacts, and information security fines. Implementing cyber security measures can also be a costly exercise if not focused on the areas which present a critical business risk.

Conducting a cyber security test, can help to inform a vulnerability and risk management strategy, reducing the risk of an incident and targeting cyber security measures where needed.

Our Approach

We deliver expert cybersecurity services designed to protect, optimise, and future-proof your business, ensuring resilience, compliance & peace of mind in an ever-evolving digital landscape.

Working alongside our cybersecurity consultants with over a decade of industry experience throughout your entire assessment process, from initial enquiry to project summary.

We provide help, support and guidance to ensure each of your security requirements are met.

Receive updates on your security weaknesses throughout the assessment.

Ensuring you stay informed and are never left in the dark about how your penetration test is progressing.

The specific cyber security concerns your organisation has can vary, and it’s important to our team that your individual concerns and risks are always addressed.

Our penetration testing team work with you to produce and deliver a report which meets your requirements and helps achieve your goals.

Security assessments don’t end with the report. Remediation, reassessments, and vulnerability management strategies all present ongoing challenges to address after a penetration test.

Our team ensure ongoing support is always available to help you address your immediate risks and achieve ongoing cyber security.

Popular Questions

Your internet accessible systems can be impacted by a number of common issues which affect your security controls, such as:

  • Disclosure of sensitive information
  • Missing security patches
  • Broken Authentication methods
  • Security Misconfigurations
  • Weak Firewall Controls

Your external systems can be vulnerable in many different ways and can therefore present a range of different risks to a business.

  • Insecure authentication methods can lead to the compromise of user accounts. This could then allow access to internal systems and sensitive client data.
  • Incorrect firewall controls may allow an attacker to gain access to services and information which is intended to be private and restricted
  • The exposure of sensitive data, even email addresses, can aid in additional attacks such as targeted Phishing campaigns against your employees, clients, partners or suppliers.

Where a security issue does occur, there are several aspects which can impact your business:

  • The time required to recover from a security breach and restore your systems can incur costs such as recruiting people to aid in the recovery and the loss of business during any downtime.
  • The ongoing impacts on your business reputation can impact current and potential clients’ likelihood to work with you, as it can be seen as a security risk.
  • Fines and penalties can be levied against your business where a data breach occurs that impacts client data and personal data.

There are different benefits from both vulnerability scanning and penetration testing and each should be considered and applied for different reasons.

  • Vulnerability scanners and automated tools are useful for speed and are cost-effective, allowing them to be run on a regular basis. This is useful to identify the latest available security updates for known vulnerabilities, and can help maintain your ongoing security.
  • Penetration testing is useful for in-depth assessments, highlighting and contextualising API security vulnerabilities which scanning tools are often not able to identify. This can be useful when conducted on an annual basis, or after significant changes.

While external penetration testing aims to address your internet-facing systems, internal penetration testing focuses on your desktops, laptops, servers, and other systems not directly accessible over the internet.

While there is often some reduction in likelihood for an attacker to gain access to your internal systems, it is still important to conduct a security assessment against your internal network as vulnerabilities can still be present and your network can be accessed through several methods such as:

  • Vulnerabilities in an external device can allow an attacker to gain access to internal networks
  • Phishing attacks can lead to an account or device compromise, providing an attacker with an initial access point to your internal network.
  • Wireless networks may be insecure and provide direct access to your internal network devices
  • An employee with a compromised device can allow an attacker to run attacks against your internal systems
  • Weak or default passwords and authentication methods may provide access to external systems, which can lead to internal network traffic and access
  • An untrusted or malicious staff member may intentionally attempt to gain access to systems and information they are not permitted to access.

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