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Penetration or pen testing is a security practice where a real-world attack on a subset of an organization’s IT ecosystem is simulated in order to discover the security gaps that an attacker could exploit.
Such testing was born in the 1960s with the goal of revealing to the organization how a skilled and motivated attacker could get past, or penetrate, an organization’s defenses. Pen testing is now a requirement for several regulatory regimes including Payment Card Industry (PCI), Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
While manual pen testing can provide useful insights, the process is costly, time consuming and inherently unscalable as it is based on a simulated attack conducted by a skilled individual. Pen testing is only done on assets that are already known to, and protected by, IT and security teams. Other drawbacks to manual pen testing include that it is typically done only periodically and produces a point-in-time snapshot of the known enterprise assets that is typically outdated by the time that the analysis is complete.
The fundamental approach to pen testing has not changed much since the first test over 50 years ago. Is it still sufficient for securing today’s IT environment? Download the white paper to uncover the challenges with pen testing and an alternative path forward.
CyCognito provides continuous reconnaissance and active security testing across your attack surface. Scale your Red Teams and Pen Testers with CyCognito.
Learn how your pen testing teams can reduce time spent on reconnaissance and active testing, effortlessly increase test cadence and coverage, and integrate pen testing data with prioritization and remediation workflows.
The report is a must-read for understanding today’s external risks and how to prioritize them effectively. Download the report to stay ahead of emerging threats and strengthen your security posture for 2025.
CyCognito solves one of the most fundamental business problems in cybersecurity: seeing how attackers view your organization, where they are most likely to break in, what systems and assets are at risk and how you can eliminate the exposure.
Founded by national intelligence agency veterans, CyCognito has a deep understanding of how attackers exploit blind spots and a path of least resistance. Based in Palo Alto, CyCognito serves a number of large enterprises and Fortune 500 organizations, including Colgate-Palmolive, Tesco and many others.
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