Internal penetration testing services
What you'll get after conducting an internal pentest:
- High-level & risk management implications for non-technical stakeholders
- Technical report with prioritized vulnerabilities & recommended fixes
- Expert guidance on internal network security posture improvement strategies
- Attestation to meet compliance requirements (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, etc.)
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What is Internal Penetration Testing?
Unlike external penetration tests, internal pen testing offers an insider’s perspective. It focuses on what could happen if someone with internal access, such as employees or contractors, tries to exploit vulnerabilities within your organization.
Leveraging tailored strategies, our seasoned cybersecurity experts simulate insider cyber-attacks to identify vulnerabilities in your internal networks, and mission critical systems. This isn’t a checkbox exercise; it’s a rigorous, custom analysis designed to root out vulnerabilities that generic testing might overlook. The goal is to provide a thorough security analysis that uncovers potential internal risk. This enables us to deliver actionable mitigation strategies that will security your internal IT environment against costly cyberattacks such as ransomware.
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Receive clear and actionable results
Our penetration reports deliver more than a simple export from a security tool. Each vulnerability is exploited, measured and documented by an experienced specialist to ensure you fully understand its business impact.
Each element of the report provides concise and relevant information that contributes significantly towards improving your security posture and meeting compliance requirements.
Executive summary
High level overview of your security posture, recommendations and risk management implications in a clear non-technical language.
Suited for non-technical stakeholders.
Vulnerabilities & recommendations
Vulnerabilities prioritized by risk level, including technical evidence (screenshots,
requests, etc.) and recommendations to fix each vulnerability.
Suited for your technical team.
Attestation
This document will allow you to meet compliance and regulatory reporting requirements efficiently and with minimal overhead.
Suited for third-parties (clients, auditors, etc).
Protecting against the latest cyber threats
Our experts hold the most recognized certifications to proactively protect our clients against modern attack techniques & exploits used to breach their cybersecurity.
Frequently asked questions
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How often should internal pentesting be performed?
Industry best practices recommend conducting internal pen tests at least annually to stay ahead of emerging cybersecurity threats. Additional internal testing is especially important in certain situations, such as before deploying new internal systems, after significant changes to the network, before compliance audits, after security incidents, and before significant business events such as mergers and acquisitions. This ensures that your internal network remains resilient to evolving cyber threats.
Will this test allow us to meet compliance requirements?
Every year, our internal penetration testing helps a wide range of organizations meet their compliance requirements.
By identifying vulnerabilities that require attention and providing recommendations to address them, organizations can easily demonstrate their improved security posture to third-parties.
After corrective measures have been deployed, we go one step further by conducting remediation testing to validate the fixes. This allows us provide an official attestation that the identified vulnerabilities have been successfully remediated. This end-to-end service enables organizations to efficiently meet and maintain compliance standards such as SOC2, ISO27001, PCI-DSS, etc.
What is the cost of an internal penetration test?
The cost of a penetration test can vary significantly depending on the scope of the assessment. For internal penetration testing, one of the most significant factors in the price is the number of servers that need to be assessed.
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Which pentesting methodologies do you follow?
Our certified penetration testers use globally recognized frameworks, such as the MITRE ATT&CK and OSSTMM testing methodologies, to provide an accurate snapshot of your current external cybersecurity risks that could escalate into an incident. Using a blend of manual and automated techniques, we not only identify vulnerabilities, we contextualize them. This helps our clients effectively allocate their IT and network security resources to protect sensitive data.
What is the difference between external and internal testing?
Internal pentesting is conducted from within the organization’s network by a tester who has access to the internal network. External pentesting is conducted from outside the organization’s network and simulates an attack on public-facing systems. The primary difference is the point of origin of the test, with internal testing being more focused on internal network security measures while external testing focuses on identifying vulnerabilities in systems that are accessible from the internet.
