What a Penetration Test Won't Tell Los Angeles Distributors (SlideShare)

What a Penetration Test Won't Tell

Los Angeles Distributors

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Craig PollackFounder & CEO

Now you want to go further

and find out what other ways

an attacker could get into

your servers, sabotage your

shipping,




or steal confidential information

on your resellers and end-

customers, including their

payment details




Yes, We Broke Into Your System,

But…




The pen test might look

for an attack path that consists

of several steps and possibly

several attack techniques,




such as phishing, hash attacks,

or a denial of service attacks

and reveal further holes




OK, We Broke In and

There Were All These Holes




A pen test won’t explain

fundamental IT security rules

or information security

awareness, either




Well, No, We Didn’t Get Into

Your System




Depending on what they tried

and how competent and

diligent they were,




you might be able to estimate

the probability of being

successfully attacked




Things Will Be Different

Again Tomorrow




Vendors release patches,

updates, and upgrades

to deal with these




What Can You Do About It?




• Make your own IT security

preparations beforehand to

make sure a pen test doesn’t

just show basic vulnerabilities




• React to successful attacks

via pen testing to at least

make it harder for attackers

to get a foothold inside your

systems or to exploit such

a foothold




• Continue to keep your

IT security guard up whether

the pen tester succeeds

or fails




• Run all of your chosen

IT security tests regularly

and frequently




Have regular penetration tests

kept your IT systems secure?




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