Penetration Testing Services

Leading Penetration Testing Providers

Leading Penetration Testing Providers

As a leading penetration testing company in Estonia, Europe and the US, Cyberarch’s team of experts assess the security of IT infrastructure through security attempts to exploit vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may exist in operating system, service and application flaws, incorrect configuration or dangerous end user behavior. Such an assessment also helps to verify the effectiveness of the defense mechanism and the end user’s compliance with the security policy.

Penetration testing is usually performed using manual or automated techniques to systematically compromise servers, endpoints, web applications, wireless networks, network devices, mobile devices, and other potential exposure points. Once the vulnerability is successfully exploited on a specific system, the tester can try to use the infected system to initiate subsequent exploitation on other internal resources, especially trying to achieve a higher level of security clearance through gradual upgrades and upgrades through privileges. In-depth access to electronic assets and information.

Information about any security vulnerabilities successfully exploited through penetration testing is usually aggregated and provided to IT and network system administrators to help these professionals make strategic conclusions and prioritise related remediation efforts. The fundamental purpose of penetration testing is to measure the feasibility of compromises by the system or the end user, and evaluate any related consequences that such incidents may have on the resources or operations involved.

It may be helpful to think of penetration testing as trying to see if someone can break into your house by themselves. Penetration testers (also known as ethical hackers) use a controlled environment to assess the security of IT infrastructure to safely attack, identify and exploit vulnerabilities. Instead of checking windows and doors, they test servers, networks, web applications, mobile devices, and other potential entry points to discover weaknesses.

Difference Between Vulnerability Scans and Pen Tests

Vulnerability scanners are automated tools that can check the environment and create reports of discovered vulnerabilities after completion. These scanners usually list these vulnerabilities using CVE identifiers, which provide information about known vulnerabilities. The scanner can find thousands of vulnerabilities, so there may be sufficiently serious vulnerabilities that require further prioritisation. In addition, these scores do not take into account the circumstances of each IT environment. This is where penetration testing comes in.

Vulnerability scanning can provide a valuable picture of which potential security vulnerabilities exist, and penetration testing can add additional context by seeing whether these vulnerabilities can be exploited to gain access in your environment. Pen testing can also help prioritize repair plans based on the most risky aspects.

Benefits of Penetration Testing?

There are several benefits your business can enjoy with Cyberarch, the leading penetration testing services in Estonia, Europe and the USA. Find out what they are
below.

Identify and Prioritize Security Risks

• The pen test assesses the organization’s ability to protect its network, applications, endpoints, and users from external or internal attempts to bypass its security controls and gain unauthorised or privileged access to protected assets.

Intelligently Manage Vulnerability

• Pen testing can provide detailed information about the actual security threats that can be exploited. By performing penetration testing, you can proactively determine which vulnerabilities are the most serious, which are less important, and which are false positives. This allows your organization to more intelligently prioritize remediation, apply required security patches, and allocate security resources more effectively to ensure that they are available when and where they are most needed.

Leverage a Proactive Security Approach

• Today, there is no solution to prevent violations. Enterprises must now have a series of defensive security mechanisms and tools, including encryption, anti-virus, SIEM solutions and IAM programs, to name a few. However, even with these vital security tools, it is difficult to find and eliminate every vulnerability in the IT environment. Pen testing uses a proactive approach to discover weaknesses so that the organization knows what remedial measures are needed and whether other layers should be implemented

Verify Existing Security Programs are Working and Discover your Security Strength

• Without proper visibility into the entire environment, changing the security state may cause you to eliminate content that is actually not problematic. The pen test doesn’t just tell you what doesn’t work. They are also used as quality assurance checks, so you will also find out which strategies are the most effective and which tools provide the highest ROI. With these insights, organizations can also intelligently allocate security resources to ensure they are available when and where they are most needed.

Increase Confidence in Your Security Strategy

• If you have not conducted the test effectively, how can you have confidence in your safety status? By regularly adjusting the security infrastructure and the pace of the security team, you can know what an attack looks like and how you will respond without having to imagine. You will have worked safely, and you will know how to prepare to ensure that your organization is never caught off guard.

Meet Regulatory Requirements

• Penetration testing can help organizations solve general audit and compliance issues of regulations and industry best practices. The detailed report generated by the pen test can help the organization explain the ongoing due diligence to the assessor by maintaining the necessary security controls.

 

Phases of Penetration Testing?

Through penetration testing, you can proactively discover the most exploitable security vulnerabilities before others. However, there are many other functions besides the actual penetration behavior. The pen test is a thorough, well-thought-out project, including the following phases:

Planning and Preparation

Before pen testing begins, testers and their customers need to be consistent with the test objectives so that they can be scoped and executed correctly. They will need to know what type of test they should run, who will know that the test is running, how much information and access the tester must start with, and other important details to ensure that the test is correct. success.

 

Discovery

 

At this stage, the team will perform different types of reconnaissance on the target. On the technical side, information such as IP addresses can help determine information about firewalls and other connections. On the personal side, simple data like name, job title, and email address are of great value.

 

Penetration Attempt and Exploitation

Before pen testing begins, testers and their customers need to be consistent with the test objectives so that they can be scoped and executed correctly. They will need to know what type of test they should run, who will know that the test is running, how much information and access the tester must start with, and other important details to ensure that the test is correct. success.

 

Analysis and Reporting

 

The pen tester should create a report, which should contain detailed information about each step of the process, highlighting what was successfully used to infiltrate the system, the security vulnerabilities found, other relevant information found, and remediation suggestions.

 

 

 

Clean Up and Remediation

Pen testers should not leave any traces, and need to look back at the system and delete any artefacts used during testing, because real attackers may use them in the future. From there, the organization can begin to make the necessary fixes to close these holes in its security infrastructure.

 

Retest

 

The best way to ensure that the organization’s remedial actions are effective is test again. In addition, the IT environment and the methods used to attack them are constantly evolving, so new weaknesses can be expected.

 

 

How Often Pen Test should be done?

Cyberarch’s Penetration Testing experts recommend that the pen test  should be performed regularly to ensure more consistent IT and network security management. Pen testers will reveal how attackers might attack newly discovered threats or emerging vulnerabilities. In addition to the regular planned analysis and evaluation required by regulations, tests should also be run under the following conditions:

• Network infrastructure or applications are added
• Security patches are applied
• Upgrades to infrastructure or applications are done
• End user policies are modified
• New office locations are established

After a Pen Test?

The results of the pen test will provide you with a good opportunity to discuss upcoming plans and re-examine your safety status. Think of the pen test as skipping rope and simply checking it from the list as “completed” will not improve your safety. It is important to arrange time for autopsy to spread, discuss and fully understand the findings. In addition, communicating these results with actionable insights to decision makers in the organization will better emphasise the risks of these vulnerabilities and the positive impact of remedial measures on the business. Through review, evaluation, and leadership support, pen test results can be transformed into immediate improvements and measures, which will help to develop a larger security strategy.

Types of Pen Testing?

Web Application Tests

• Web application security testing that involves  penetration testers examine the overall security and potential risks of web applications, including coding errors, broken authentication or authorization, and injection vulnerabilities.

• CYBERARCH provides comprehensive cybersecurity services to help businesses protect their digital assets. One of the key services offered is OWASP ASVS based penetration testing, which is designed to identify vulnerabilities in web applications and APIs.
• The OWASP ASVS (Application Security Verification Standard) is a globally recognized framework for testing the security of web applications and APIs. It is divided into three levels, each of which corresponds to a different level of security testing.

Level 1 Testing: Basic Testing At this level, Cyberarch conducts a basic penetration testing of the web application or API to identify any obvious vulnerabilities. This includes testing for common attacks such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and authentication issues. Level 1 testing is an essential first step in identifying vulnerabilities and can be conducted quickly and affordably.

Level 2 Testing: Advanced Testing Level 2 testing is a more comprehensive testing of the application or API, with a focus on identifying more advanced vulnerabilities. The purpose of Level 2 testing is to identify vulnerabilities that may be missed during Level 1 testing, and to provide a more thorough assessment of the application’s security posture.

Level 3 Testing: In-Depth Analysis Level 3 testing is the most comprehensive level of testing, and involves a deep-dive analysis of the application or API.  The purpose of Level 3 testing is to provide a detailed assessment of the application’s security posture and identify vulnerabilities that may have been missed during Levels 1 and 2 testing.

Mobile Application Tests

• CYBERARCH is a leading penetration testing company in Estonia, Europe  and the USA that provides a range of cybersecurity services, including OWASP MASVS (Mobile Application Security Verification Standard) testing. The OWASP MASVS is a globally recognized standard for mobile application security testing that provides a comprehensive framework for identifying vulnerabilities in mobile applications.
• Mobile applications are increasingly becoming a preferred target for cybercriminals, and businesses need to ensure that their mobile applications are secure. The OWASP MASVS provides a comprehensive approach to mobile application security testing, with three levels of testing, each corresponding to a different level of security testing.

Level 1 Testing: Basic Security Testing At this level, Cyberarch conducts a basic scan of the mobile application to identify any obvious vulnerabilities. Level 1 testing is an essential first step in identifying vulnerabilities and can be conducted quickly and affordably.

Level 2 Testing: Advanced Security Testing Level 2 testing involves a more comprehensive testing of the mobile application, with a focus on identifying more advanced vulnerabilities.  The purpose of Level 2 testing is to identify vulnerabilities that may be missed during Level 1 testing and to provide a more thorough assessment of the application’s security posture.

Level 3 Testing: Comprehensive Security Testing Level 3 testing is the most comprehensive level of testing, and involves a deep-dive analysis of the mobile application. The purpose of Level 3 testing is to provide a detailed assessment of the application’s security posture and identify vulnerabilities that may have been missed during Levels 1 and 2 testing.

• At each level, Cyberarch’s experienced cybersecurity professionals use a combination of manual and automated testing techniques to identify vulnerabilities in mobile applications. Their OWASP MASVS testing services provide businesses with a comprehensive analysis of their mobile application’s security posture, helping them to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities before they can be exploited by attackers.

Network Security Tests

• Network penetration testing aims to prevent malicious acts by finding weaknesses before the attackers do. Pen testers focus on exploiting and uncovering vulnerabilities on different types of networks, associated devices like routers and switches, and network hosts. They aim to exploit flaws in these areas, like weak passwords or misconfigured assets, in order to gain access to critical systems or data.

Cloud Security Tests

• Security teams to work with cloud providers and third-party vendors to design and carry out cloud security testing for cloud-based systems and applications. Cloud pen testing validates the security of a cloud deployment, identifies overall risk and likelihood for each vulnerability, and recommends how to improve your cloud environment.

IoT Security Tests

• Pen testers take the nuances of different IoT devices into account by analyzing each component and the interaction between them. By using layered methodology, where each layer is analyzed, pen testers can spot weaknesses that may otherwise go unnoticed.

Social Engineering

• Social engineering is a breach tactic, which involves using deception in order to gain access or information that will be used for malicious purposes. The most common example of this is seen in phishing scams. Pen testers use phishing tools and emails tailored to an organization to test defense mechanisms, detection and reaction capabilities, finding susceptible employees and security measures that need improvement.

Teaming

The number of attacks is increasing, and the amount of research and experience ahead of these attacks is widening the gap between attack time and discovery time. This is the source of grouping. The group exercise simulates a real-life attack scenario-one team attacks and the other defends.

Red Team

Red team was formed with the purpose of identifying and assessing vulnerabilities, testing hypotheses, reviewing alternatives for attacks, and revealing the limitations and security risks of the organization. This designated team tests the security posture of the organization to understand how it resists real-time attacks before actual attacks occur. Because of its role as an attacker, group exercises are sometimes called “red team.”

 

Blue Team

The task of the blue team is to detect opponents and prevent them from breaking into the organization’s infrastructure. The blue team can begin to prepare for the attack by assessing the environment and strengthening if necessary. During the attack simulation process, their goal was to quickly discover the vulnerability, limit the infection to the system it entered, and successfully prevent the attack. Some simulations may include blue team planning or execution of recovery measures.

 

Purple Team

Recently, the idea of ​​building a purple team has become the latest buzzword in the field of cybersecurity. Although there is some confusion surrounding the usage and definition of the term, it is best to focus on the ideals it promotes. Ultimately, the concept of the purple team is to treat the red and blue teams as a symbiotic mentality. Not the red team and the blue team, but a large team focused on one overall goal: improving safety. The key to becoming a purple team is communication.