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Your Guide to Penetration Testing

Understand scope, methodology and how to act on findings.

Your Guide to Penetration Testing

Why penetration testing matters

A pen test simulates a real attacker to expose weaknesses before criminals do. Insurers, regulators and enterprise customers increasingly expect an annual test as evidence of due diligence.

Scoping the right test

External infrastructure, web applications, internal networks and social engineering are distinct engagements. Scope the test to the assets that carry the most risk to your business.

From report to remediation

A good pen test report ranks findings by exploitability and business impact. We help clients build a remediation plan, retest fixes and integrate learnings into the security roadmap.

Key takeaways

  • Run at least one external and one internal test per year.
  • Prioritise remediation by business impact, not just CVSS score.
  • Always budget for a retest — findings are only closed when verified.

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