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Penetration Testing / External Testing

External Testing.

Exposing External Vulnerabilities.

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Protection to the Outside.

An External Penetration Test exploits vulnerabilities to determine what information is exposed to the outside world. It is a mandatory test required for many compliance regulations.​

An External Penetration Test imitates the actions of an attacker equipped with tools and resources that have the capability to break through security defences from outside of the internal network.

It’s important to understand that External Penetration Testing is not a substitute for or inclusive of Web Application Penetration Testing. Websites have their own testing category which requires different Penetration Testing methods.​

An External Penetration Test inspects internet facing components of your business, such as your organisation’s VPN and email servers, for any weakness that could be used by an external attacker aiming to alter or destroy confidential information, or simply sabotage the health of your IT systems for malicious purposes.​

Diligence & peace of mind.

Why External Testing is important.

Realistic Silumation

External Penetration testing simulates a real-world attack against an organisations internet facing perimeter.

Ethical Hacking

The simulated attack will explore ways to expose or steal sensitive data in the same manner as criminal organisations and advanced persistent threat groups.

Preparedness

Eaternal testing assists organisations in improving their external facing security posture.

Assurance

Provide assurance to board and executive level personnel as well as key stakeholders.

Deliverables.

What an External Test gets you.

Information Gathering and Reconnaissance to map the organisation’s external infrastructure.

Infrastructure Testing and Vulnerability Scanning driven by the latest threat intelligence to identify weaknesses such as unpatched exploitable systems, weak protocols, and exposed administrative services.

Testing of vulnerabilities on critical services such as VPN, remote access protocols, mail servers and mail configuration.

Comprehensive report communicating all findings of value with screenshots and recommendations
for remediation.

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