Network Penetration Testing

What is Network Penetration Testing?

Network penetration testing evaluates the effectiveness of your perimeter security controls to prevent and detect attacks, identifying weaknesses in internet-facing assets such as web, mail, and FTP servers. CYVERFORT's penetration testing specialists thoroughly assess your infrastructure to evaluate the resilience of your security controls and identify potential entry points for unauthorized access.

An external penetration test includes a comprehensive external vulnerability scan, which serves as the starting point. CYVERFORT pentesters manually investigate all outputs from scanning tools to eliminate false positives, run exploits, and verify the extent and impact of each identified weakness.

While a vulnerability scanner may report a service with a critical weakness, a penetration test goes further to exploit the weakness and gain control of the server. If successful, our pentesters will use this access to pivot and potentially compromise additional systems and services.

Testing Methodology

• Reconnaissance and Intelligence Gathering

  Our network penetration testers utilize advanced intelligence gathering techniques to uncover security and technical information that could aid in accessing your network.

• Active Scanning and Vulnerability Analysis

  Using a blend of manual and automated tools, our testers identify security weaknesses and develop strategies to exploit them.

• Exploitation

  Our experienced network penetration testers safely exploit identified vulnerabilities to gain initial access to your network, ensuring minimal damage and disruption.

• Reporting

  Upon completing the network assessment, our testers document key findings and provide prioritized remediation guidance to address any identified exposures.

Benefits of Network Penetration Testing

• Reduce risk to business continuity and the costs associated with non-compliance.
• Harden systems and networks against host compromise.
• Provide management with a proof of exploit, outlining the assets that an attack could compromise.
• Detect known vulnerabilities and uncover unknown vulnerabilities that could be exploited to access sensitive information.
• Audit external security monitoring procedures and test your incident response tactics.
• Identify non-compliant installations that could serve as pivot points for external attackers.

Deliverables

• Executive Summary

  Highlighting high-risk vulnerabilities, business risks, and our recommendations.

• Technical Report

  Our findings and suggested recommendations for remediation and mitigation of the identified vulnerabilities.