Why should you conduct penetration testing?
Penetration testing is a critical exercise that all organizations should consider in order to strengthen their cybersecurity posture. Malicious actors constantly seek to exploit weaknesses in the digital infrastructure that automated tools may not detect. Through penetration testing, NetNordic acts as the role of a threat actor to uncover and address the organization’s vulnerabilities.
Penetration testing, also known as pen testing, is a critical exercise that all organizations should consider strengthening their cybersecurity posture. During this exercise, NetNordics experts simulate a cyberattack to uncover the IT system’s vulnerabilities before real attackers can exploit them.
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Penetration Testing have several benefits
- Discover Vulnerabilities
Pen testing provides a realistic picture of the security level by uncovering weaknesses that malicious actors could exploit.
- Prevent Financial Losses
By preventing a data breach, pen testing can save the organization from significant costs of correcting a real attack.
- Comply with Regulations
Pen testing can be a requirement to comply with certain industry standards and regulations, such as NIS2.
- Verify Security Measures
It helps the organization understand the effectiveness of existing security measures and identifies the need for improvements.
- Maintain Trust
Maintain the trust of customers and partners by demonstrating active measures to protect sensitive information.
NetNordic Penetration Testing
A penetration test from NetNordic helps protect the organization against advanced cyberattacks and reduces the consequences of a potential compromise. Using a combination of automated tools and targeted manual attack methods, NetNordics penetration testers conduct a thorough security assessment of the infrastructure on the organization’s premises. The end product will be a report describing the discovered vulnerabilities, along with concrete recommendations and measures to prevent future attacks. Below is an overview of some of our penetration tests.
Physical Penetration Test
During a physical penetration test, we evaluate the company’s physical vulnerabilities to unauthorized physical access to their office premises, including through social engineering, copying access cards, and bypassing locking systems to test security effectively.
OT/IOT Penetration Test
In an OT system penetration test, we focus on IT segmentation, supplier connections, and communication protocols, as well as active and passive security testing of industrial components. The goal is to strengthen network security and identify vulnerabilities for effective protection.
Application Test
A penetration test specifically targets your application. This can be a web application, client application, or a mobile application that is important to the organization. NetNordic delivers tailored penetration tests specifically aimed at concrete applications.
External Penetration Test
External attackers often aim to exploit internet-accessible services of an organization to gain a foothold in the internal infrastructure. In some cases, the main goal of an attacker is not just to infiltrate systems but also to exploit identified vulnerabilities to carry out denial-of-service attacks. Such an attack can have serious consequences, not only by disrupting the organization’s operations but also causing significant reputational damage.
Internal Penetration Test
An internal penetration test starts inside the infrastructure to uncover the attacker’s possibilities to spread within the network. Recommendations and measures based on this test will seek to minimize the consequences of a successful compromise. The Assume Breach test aims to test a specific scenario that the organization fears. Examples of such scenarios include insider attacks, leaked VPNs, supply chain attacks, or successful phishing attacks. This test provides NetNordic with a solid foundation to give concrete advice and measures to minimize the consequences of a real scenario.
