Cyber Security Penetration Testing

The testing of your network and systems shouldn’t be a one-time task. As time goes on new software may be deployed and changes are made, meaning they need to be tested or re-tested.

Depending on your industry, various regulations may require a business to perform regular security tasks, which often include pen testing. Although mandatory for some businesses, testing is not a ‘one size fits’ all, and at EBC Group we can help understand your businesses demands, and provide successful security testing.

Different types of testing are available depending on the systems you need to protect. At EBC Group, our core assessments include:

Vulnerability Scanning - Provides a snapshot of your current security status and highlights major issues. Vulnerability scanning can also indicate whether you need a deeper evaluation through cyber security testing.

Web Application Penetration Testing - Identifies vulnerabilities within your website that could be targeted through online cyber attacks. A successful pen test can reveal weaknesses that, if exploited, may result in stolen information or serious damage to your systems.

Network Penetration Testing - Goes beyond vulnerability scanning to evaluate the security of your wider systems. A penetration tester will run a simulated intrusion test to expose and exploit vulnerabilities, attempting to gain further access to applications, databases, and resources without causing disruption or damage. This approach uses CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) certified manual techniques to give you a realistic view of your defences.

Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus accreditation is a government-backed scheme and is recognised as an excellent first step towards becoming cyber secure. Having the Cyber Essentials badge proves to your clients and suppliers that your organisation has adequately protected itself and is operating a basic level of security. It is a self-assessment process, signed off by a senior executive, followed by an external verification by an independent certification body.

EBC Group’s cyber team can help your business achieve Cyber Essentials and guide it through the required steps to accreditation of Cyber Essentials. Organisations can take further steps to a heightened level of protection (Cyber Essentials Plus) which involves a check of your security by an external certifying body. This offers a higher level of assurance through the external testing of the organisation’s cyber security approach. This level is optional and provides more in-depth assessment of the security controls to protect from basic cyber-attacks