VAPT

ARE YOUR ASSETS VULNERABLE TO HACKERS?

These days Organizations are facing the increased risk of cyber-attacks, irrespective of size or industry.

“At the beginning of January 2018, two serious vulnerabilities were discovered which affected nearly all modern processor chips. Known as Meltdown and Specter the vulnerabilities could permit attackers to gain unauthorized access to a computer’s memory.”

These kinds of vulnerabilities allow attackers to access IT systems and applications, so it is essential for enterprises to verify and emend weaknesses before any adverse outcome.

A comprehensive penetration test can help companies improve the security stand of their systems. It can help to test an organization’s security policy compliance, its employees’ security awareness, and the organization’s ability to detect and respond to security incidents.

Increment in Vulnerabilities

• 71% of exploits use spearfishing emails as the primary infection vector.

• The U.S. was the most targeted country in the past three years, accounting for 27% of all targeted attack activity.

• The number of organizations affected by targeted attacks increases by 10% in 2017

PENETRATION TESTING

Penetration Testing is an attempt to evaluate the security of a Target (an IT application or infrastructure) by attempting to discover and remove vulnerabilities.

These vulnerabilities may exist in operating systems, services, applications, configurations, or end-user behavior. Such assessments are also useful in validating the efficacy of defensive mechanisms and end-user adherence to security policies or training. Penetration tests are a combination of automated and targeted attacks with three levels of maturity of attack:-

1. Basic where automated tools are run,
2. Standard where the basic attacks are followed by exploits directly at discovered weaknesses
3. Advanced where zero-day exploits are developed specifically against Target.

The process includes gathering information about the target before the test, identifying possible entry points, attempting to break in (either virtually or for real) and report the findings. together, penetration testing and vulnerability assessment tools provide detailed visualization report of the flaws in applications and the risks associated with them.

Once Found, these flaws can be easily fixed. This also helps IT, security teams, to focus on mitigating critical vulnerabilities.

Similarly, Our VAPT experts help customers take advantage of VAPT by Providing the organization a detailed view.

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