Penetration Testing
We Are CREST Accredited
Recent data reveals that 29% of targets have at least one critical vulnerability, and 44% face the risk of one or more essential vulnerabilities. In light of these alarming figures, it is evident that penetration testing has evolved from a mere option to an absolute necessity across various sectors.
Penetration testing is an authorized simulated attack conducted on systems to assess their security. Penetration testers employ identical tools, techniques, and processes employed by malicious actors to identify and demonstrate the potential business impact stemming from vulnerabilities within the system. These assessments typically simulate various types of cyberattacks that could threaten an organization. While scrutinizing different system roles, they ascertain whether a system exhibits the resilience required to withstand attacks from authenticated and unauthenticated systems.
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Vulnerabilities found by our Penetration testers
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Accorian is CREST Accredited
CREST, a result-driven accreditation, prioritizes delivering favorable outcomes that will enhance and safeguard our client’s interests when achieved. It demonstrates our ability to provide comprehensive and effective security testing services that meet the most stringent industry standards.
Why Choose Accorian?
Accorian elevates the penetration testing process by identifying vulnerabilities, offering actionable recommendations for remediation, and implementing compensatory controls. This unique capability enables us to prioritize and customize solutions aligned with various compliance requirements. We excel in providing clients with a comprehensive understanding of their overall security posture.
Accorian is
CREST Accredited
CREST, a result-driven accreditation, prioritizes delivering favorable outcomes that will enhance and safeguard our client’s interests when achieved. It demonstrates our ability to provide comprehensive and effective security testing services that meet the most stringent industry standards.
Why Choose Accorian?
Accorian elevates the penetration testing process by identifying vulnerabilities, offering actionable recommendations for remediation, and implementing compensatory controls. This unique capability enables us to prioritize and customize solutions aligned with various compliance requirements. We excel in providing clients with a comprehensive understanding of their overall security posture.
Why Do You Need Pentesting?
Penetration testing extends beyond the detection of common vulnerabilities through automated methods and instead identifies more intricate security issues, including business logic flaws and payment gateway complexities. It plays a pivotal role in enhancing understanding of the organization’s security posture and effectively addressing challenges to fortify security measures
The primary objectives of conducting regular penetration tests are:
- Staying vigilant and informed about the ever-evolving cyber threat landscape
- Detecting and rectifying business logic error
- Preparing for compliance audits effectively
- Protecting your organization's defenses against security breaches
Our Pentesting Services
- Red Team Exercises
- Phishing/Email Social Engineering
- Internal Penetration Testing
- Wireless Penetration Testing
- Application Penetration Test
- External Penetration Test
- Secure Code Review
Red Team Exercise
This comprehensive security assessment simulates real-world attacks on an organization’s security infrastructure, focusing on specific vulnerabilities. It takes a holistic approach, aiming to compromise the organization’s security posture. The red team comprises highly skilled security professionals who take on the role of attackers to assess the effectiveness of an organization’s defensive measures. They aim to uncover potential security gaps, demonstrating how attackers combine unrelated exploits to access sensitive data and critical assets. Following the assessment, the team provides recommendations and plans to bolster the organization’s security posture, ensuring it remains resilient in the face of evolving threats.
Phishing/Email Social Engineering
This is a significant cybersecurity threat as attackers deceive individuals into revealing sensitive information via deceptive emails or websites impersonating trusted entities. To combat this threat, our comprehensive approach includes expert-led phishing campaigns tracking open and click-through rates to assess risks. Furthermore, powered by a SaaS platform, we streamline advanced phishing simulations to fortify defenses and enable swift threat response. We also offer ongoing security awareness assessments through actionable insights and replicate advanced phishing attacks, including real-time phishing (MitM), to enhance realism and bolster defense against phishing threats.
Internal Penetration Testing
This proves instrumental in finding vulnerabilities in applications residing within a company’s firewall-protected environment. This process entails simulating a potential attack scenario, particularly one initiated by a malicious insider. By taking this proactive approach, we aim to identify and rectify these vulnerabilities and can help prevent the risk of an attack caused by either a rogue employee or an unauthorized individual exploiting stolen employee credentials.
Wireless Penetration Testing
This involves evaluating the security of wireless networks, which can serve as potential entry points for unauthorized access to internal assets. Our dedicated team conducts rigorous assessments of your wireless network security configurations, concentrating on potential threats linked to unauthorized access. Through meticulous examination, we identify vulnerabilities and gaps in your wireless security defenses that could be exploited. Subsequently, we offer a comprehensive evaluation report outlining our findings and specific recommendations to strengthen your wireless security measures seamlessly.
Application Penetration Testing
This is conducted on an application that reveals coding errors and permission-related issues that may result in a data breach. Our team of certified experts, who have undergone rigorous training and evaluation, possesses the expertise to identify these vulnerabilities across various programming languages and software environments.
External Penetration Testing
This is the most effective approach to identify vulnerabilities in a company’s internet-exposed IT assets, such as domain servers, websites, and email systems. Our security experts specialize in identifying and assessing these vulnerabilities, evaluating their potential for exploitation by malicious hackers.
Secure Code Review
This is vital in uncovering and rectifying critical vulnerabilities within your codebase, including those that might be concealed on the front end of your application. Accorian employs state-of-the-art tools and methodologies to conduct these scans, ensuring your application is released to production with a robust security posture, free from any significant weaknesses that malicious actors could exploit.
10 Tips For Choosing The Right Penetration Testing Service Firm
Tip 1: Methodology: Consider a pen testing firm with current knowledge and expertise in using the most recent pen test tools and techniques, demonstrated through Certifications, credentials, and adherence to standards.
Tip 2: Reporting: Evaluate the quality of the firm’s reports through samples and attestation letters to determine the depth and value of their testing. Reports should be comprehensive, concise, and identify vulnerabilities with actionable remediation recommendations.
Penetration Testing Methodology
PenTesting Steps
Depending on the specifics of your situation, our pentesting procedure would include some or all of the following steps:
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Planning & Reconnaissance
- Use passive techniques like searching online resources to gather information about the target system or network
- Use active techniques like port/service scanning and enumeration to identify potential weaknesses and develop test cases
- Traverse through the application to identify workflows and feature lists and develop test cases
2
Vulnerability Analysis
- Perform an automated scanning process to detect all easily identifiable findings
- Validate the vulnerablities identified by the scanner to eliminate false positives
- Conduct manual testing of the application/systems against all potential threats identified during the reconnaissance phase
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Exploitation
- Leverage TTPs (Trctics, Techniques & Procedures), proprietary tools, & research to discover and analyze
- Exploit the identified vulnerabilities to evaluate their impact on the systems
- Traverse through the application to identify workflows and feature lists and develop test cases
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Post Exploitation
- Remove all expoit files or payloads that have been uploaded or installed on the target system.
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Reporting
- Prepare comprehensive reports tailored for technical and executive teams.
- Provide clear illustrations of identified vulnerabilities, including descriptions, mitigation strategies, & steps to reproduce.
- This will assist in verifying the implementation of appropriate measures to address the identified issues.
4 Pervasive Penetration Testing Methodologies
Accorian’s penetration testing approach combines our bespoke procedures, incorporating the highest standards, with industry-recognized techniques well-suited for businesses. This methodology outlines the meticulous planning and execution of a penetration test.
The four leading penetration testing approaches that are acknowledged and esteemed in the industry are:
Key Differentiators
We leverage our automated scanners & tools along with our custom scripts to conduct thorough assessments and ensure comprehensive coverage
Combined experience of working with 500+ clients on 1200+ penetration tests, detection of 25000+ vulnerabilities, & 100% success rate in red team engagements
A Trusted Vulnerability Assessor & an Approved Scan Vendor (ASV) for organizations in sectors such as bank financial services, credit unions, eCommerce, & SaaS that need to adhere to PCI DSS requirements
Our test plans aim to cover 200-400 checks for network penetration tests and 400-800 reviews for application penetration tests
Our time-tested and proven penetration testing methodology is built using OSSTMM, OWASP, NIST, & PTES standards
End-to-end project management for assessments with comprehensive & detailed reporting through our platform