Understanding your security weaknesses
To ensure effectiveness of security controls and practices, penetration testing ensures a deep technical level of testing to demonstrate how, what and where a malicious attack could take place. The findings and recommendations from such testing allow you to proactively deploy controls to defend against real world threats and attacks.
ISG conducts testing to identify and exploit vulnerabilities with the objective of acquiring key logical targets. These targets consist of various types of data (i.e., personally identifiable information and non-public information such as customer information, credit card information, social security numbers, confidential employee information, etc.) and types of system access (Windows domain administrator privileges, root access to UNIX/Linux systems, administrative access to network devices, etc.). ISG will use a variety of "Open-Source Intelligence Software Tools" (OSINT) to mine the Internet for detailed Information about company infrastructure. This form of collection management involves actively searching, selecting, acquiring, and analyzing information from publicly available sources to produce actionable intelligence results.
Pen Testing Methods
Penetration testing, or pen testing, is a critical component of cybersecurity that involves simulating cyberattacks to identify vulnerabilities before malicious actors can exploit them. By employing various methods, you can better understand your security weaknesses and implement effective defenses.
Internal Network Penetration Test
The goal of an Internal Network Penetration test is to see how an attacker who has access to internal resources could cause damage. This could be anything from a user who clicked on a malicious link and had their machine taken over, to the organization having an internal bad actor. You set the goals, such as finding and exfiltrating PII, account takeovers and manipulation. From there, our team will pivot through the network utilizing proprietary tools, exploits and admin functions to accomplish their set goals.
External Penetration Test
The external facing assets in an organization are the first and most public attack surface a company has. This service will test the public-facing assets as an attacker would see them. Starting with reconnaissance to see what services and ports are available, all the way to exploitation of outdated or mis-configured software in use and taking over systems. The final report from this service will leave your company with a better understanding of what issues may be public-facing and remediation steps on how to resolve them.
Web Application Penetration Test
Web application penetration testing helps identify real-world attacks that could succeed at accessing these systems. It identifies vulnerabilities. Web application pen testing identifies loopholes in applications or vulnerable routes in infrastructure—before an attacker does. It helps confirm security policies.
Social Engineering & Phishing Assessment
A phishing assessment includes simulating phishing campaigns, evaluating employee responses, and providing recommendations to improve security awareness and technical defenses.
Wireless Assessment
Wireless security assessments help identify vulnerabilities and security risks in wireless networks. ISG tests for different vulnerabilities and uses diverse checklists to identify vulnerabilities in the wireless network.
Cloud Security Assessment
A cloud security assessment helps provide assurance that networks and assets are properly configured, protected, and free from active threats. ISG’s cloud security assessment will help identify points of access or other weaknesses within the architecture and offer detailed recommendations to strengthen defenses and improve capabilities.
M365 Security Assessment
Proactively reviewing and mitigating common Microsoft 365 mis-configurations, process weaknesses, and exploitation methods can reduce risk and ensure optimized protection and visibility for events occurring within an M365 tenant. Assessments include both short-term containment and longer-term remediation controls and configurations required to eradicate attackers.
By utilizing these various penetration testing methods, you can ensureyou are well-protected against a wide range of cyber threats. Regular assessments and updates to security measures help maintain robust defenses and safeguard critical assets from potential attackers.
