Why penetration tests are needed

NEW DELHI - June 11, 2020 - PRLog -- Hundreds - thousands of hacks of websites, application servers and databases are carried out on the Internet daily by cybercriminals. database server security Hacking the corporate website of the company, which is its representative on the Web, can seriously undermine the image and reputation of the company.

Why penetration tests are needed

The insecurity of the company's network is due to a number of factors and misconceptions:

• management misunderstanding of the amount of damage that a successful attack on a company's IT system can bring
• lack of information from management about the true level of protection
• management's false assurance of reliable self-defense
• lack or shortage of qualified personnel in the IT security department
• lack of a developed strategy and information security policy
• absence or deficiencies of the applied IT resources protection system
• in our computer system there is no critical information important for the company
• our web server performs only a representative function and hacking it will not cause significant damage to the company


The purpose of the penetration test: to detect weaknesses ( vulnerabilities ) in the defense and, if possible and meets the wishes of the customer, to carry out a demonstrative hack.

Penetration tests are the initial stage of a full security audit of the company's automated system, on the basis of which it is possible, firstly, to develop an information security policy and strategy , and, secondly, to develop and implement a plan for protecting the company's IT resources.

• access confidential information
• get the opportunity to change confidential information
• disrupt the system
• Based on the test results, a report is created in which the main actions of the team of analysts in the process of test hacking are described in stages and weaknesses in the defense are indicated, due to which the attack is either potentially possible or was successful.

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The main conditions for conducting penetration tests:

• to inform as close as possible the circle of top managers of the company, if possible, excluding managers of IT and security departments
• do not divulge inside the company until the end of the work the fact of ongoing penetration tests
• maintain the confidentiality of all information received about the customer's system during the penetration tests
• at the request of the customer to keep confidential the fact of the penetration test
• The Contractor is not responsible for possible failures and temporary shutdown of the Customer's automated system in the process of penetration tests