Penetration Tests

Major international banks, global financial services organisations and high profile government departments all use Safecoms as their specialist partner for penetration testing. The scope of the testing carried out for these organisations covers everything from online transactional web applications to core infrastructure (both internet facing and internal).

Why do they choose Safecoms?

Rigour and Ingenuity

For a penetration test to be of any real value, the skills and creativity of the people conducting the testing must be at least comparable to the skills of the “black hat” hackers that are likely to be targeting your organisation. A lot of so called “penetration tests” are in reality just glorified vulnerability scans which are virtually worthless in terms of getting a true picture of your susceptibility to attack by sophisticated hackers. By contrast, Safecoms use all the tools and techniques that real hackers use in order to give you a truly accurate picture of the state of your security.

Risk Reporting

Safecoms presents its findings in terms of business risk to your organisation. This involves mature judgment based on many man years of practical experience, and reflects the fact that the Safecoms’ team includes both cutting edge technical experts and senior business executives with in depth experience of operating at boardroom level in multinational corporations. The result is that Safecoms produces reports that enable you to understand instantly where the most serious risks are, helping you to prioritise your remediation activities in the optimum way.

Actionable Reports

Every exposure identified by Safecoms has a specific “how to fix” recommendation. A Safecoms penetration test report can be broken up and given to system administrators and other IT staff as a series of clear action items to “go fix”. Furthermore, Safecoms always ensures that the recommended fix is the smartest in terms of minimal financial outlay and ease of implementation.

For more in depth information on Safecoms’ penetration testing services please go to the following links:

Web Application Penetration Testing Service Sheet

Core Infrastructure (External) Penetration Testing Service Sheet

Core Infrastructure (Internal) Penetration Testing Service Sheet

White Paper - Penetration Testing