Are You Testing Your Cybersecurity Controls?

Are You Testing Your Cybersecurity Controls?

Are You Testing Your Cybersecurity Controls?

There are many practices that companies must carry out periodically and among them there's that of evaluating cybersecurity services. But how? Through a pentesting analysis service!

Cristina Cueto

22/05/2022

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In terms of cybersecurity, we have discussed more than once that it is almost impossible to have full 100% control over the situation, but it is better to be safe than sorry and in this case anticipating events can be of more than great help.

It is important to keep your systems and applications updated, and check them out regularly, but you'll get better results if those controls are outsourced and a professional in the subject is in charge of carrying them out, equiped with everything needed.

One of the practices to detect dangers is that of using the same tools and techniques that someone who may want to damage the computer would follow. Here we're talking about an intrusion test or pentesting service.

What does a pentesting service consist of?

It is a service that simulates a cyberattack to figure out what vulnerabilities can be found within the system. The goal is finding out how far the impact of an attack will go should it happen and be able to work on it and be as prepared as possible.

It's not just about carrying out a vulnerability analysis. It is a process that gets deeper into the system to evaluate the real scope. An intrusion test or pentesting is recommended when a superficial analysis has been already carried out and it is necessary to get into more detail.

It is important to keep the systems and applications updated and carry out their controls, but better results are obtained if these controls are outourced and a professional in the subject is in charge of carrying them out, equiped with everything needed.

Why is it convenient to carry out this type of test?

Even if these kinds of tests usually generate a feeling of rejection, since they can be highly intrusive, they are analysis carried out by professionals and when correctly executed, they benefit companies, both big and small, as it allows to detect vulnerabilities in terms of security, possible attack vectors and the impact they may entail.

Here's how Uniway's External IT Security Audit service works

Seeking to help their clients, Uniway sets in motion an automatic pentesting analysis service on the client's system architecture through public redirectioning.

The client provides just through a form the public IP addresses and/or URLs from websites that they want to analyze in their architecture, and automatically the necessary “Pentesting” tests will be done to detect the security risks that can represent weak spots that could easily be taken advantage of in an attack.

The analysis is carried out through public Internet directioning, so it is fully independent from where the client systems are stored, either in the public Cloud (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud...) or private, hosted directly in the physical on-premise model in the client's very own datacenter.

It can be hired through two dofferent modeks, a free trial and paid professional one. Each of them will have a series of optional hiring complements with additional cost.

In addition, as a hired option, a monthly talk of 30 minutes with one of the technicians at Uniway will be offered through videocall with the objective of revising and assessing the results obtained, so that the client may set in motion an action plan for solving the detected incidences.

How to hire the pentesting analysis service

Free trial

  • 2 IPs/websites maximum FOR FREE
  • 1 IP/website analysis
  • Isolated report in PDF format stored for 1 month in a private repository

Hiring options

Professional services for detected-issue resolution. Tailored billing

For security reasons this modality can NOT be hired anonymously, a nominated corporative email is needed as well as a certified and authorized contact person

Professional service

  • MONTHLY analysis by IP/Website
  • Fully clickable programmation window
  • Access to the SECURITY CONSOLE for checking the analysis and evolution for 12-months.
  • Report in PDF format stored for 12 months in a private repository

Prices by IPs/website > 10€/month

Hiring options

MONTHLY videocall with a specialist to assess the situation