Why Pen Testing Is A Must

20 COMPELLING REASONS WHY
FREQUENT PENETRATION TESTS

AND VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS
ARE CRUCIAL
A GUIDE FOR SELLING PENETRATION TESTS TO THE BOARD
IT Governance Ltd is a CREST member company. This means that we have been verified
as meeting the rigorous standards mandated by CREST. Our full-service technical security
solutions will help you to reduce your risk exposure dramatically by identifying and addressing
your vulnerabilities fast, before attackers can exploit them. www.itgovernance.co.uk
1 Hacking has now become an automated process. Hacking
tools have grown in popularity and a catalogue of exploitable
vulnerabilities is readily available online. Such tools permit even
novice hackers to gain access to complex exploits for opportunistic
attacks.
2 A pen test helps you find vulnerabilities and fix them before an
attacker does. A penetration test can be compared to an annual
medical exam. Even if you believe you are healthy, your medical
doctor will run a series of tests to detect dangers that have not yet
developed symptoms.
3 Penetration testing will help reveal problems you didn’t know

existed. Protection is ideal, but detection is a must. After popular
retail chain TJ Maxx was hacked, they realised that they had been
losing customer data for over a year before they discovered the
breach.
4 Pen testing will determine the weaknesses in your

infrastructure (hardware), applications (software) and people in
order to flag potentially exploitable risks.
5 Penetration testing will help you identify the specific technical

controls you need to implement and gain visibility over those that
have not been implemented effectively.
6 Penetration testing is far more than a bunch of tools - it is a

process, and an approach. It is knowing which tool to use, when
and why. A penetration tester has a unique blend of abilities,
including instinctive judgement, critical thinking and extensive
experience. This blend of abilities lets them know how to find and
test for exploitable vulnerabilities. This is something that popular
software scanning solutions cannot deliver.
7 A pen test offers greater levels of confidence in the security of

your IT environments.
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8 Frequent penetration testing helps to maintain consistent,
ongoing security. New vulnerabilities appear every month, making
you vulnerable to new opportunistic attacks.
9 Security consists of protection, detection and response - and

you need all three to have good cyber security. Cyber security is
founded on a cyber security risk assessment, of which penetration
testing is a key component.
10 Internal penetration testing can reveal procedural failings

in your organisation, such as insecure services being used for
administration, password policies being weakly enforced or a
patching policy not being applied properly. This can lead to a
massive opportunities for infiltration by attackers.
11 By implementing a regular penetration testing regime, you can

continually measure and improve the security performance
of your systems and networks, ensuring that your assets and
information are appropriately protected at all times. Maintaining a
secure network requires constant vigilance.
12 Non-technical executive management reports provided by IT

Governance’s penetration testing teams will help senior managers
understand the recommendations outlined in the testing
overview. Meanwhile, the detailed technical feedback included in
the technical reports will be immediately actionable by your IT/
security team, saving you time and costs.
13 Penetration testing provides a second set of eyes. Using an

independent, external provider to test the security of a critical
system is good security practice.
14 Penetration testing gives security personnel a chance to

recognise and respond to a network attack. Testing the
monitoring and incident handling teams can show if they are able to
figure out what is going on and how effective their response is.
15 Penetration testing produces evidence in the form of reports
to managers that your security measures are adequate and
working, demonstrating that your IT spend is appropriate and cost-
effective. By using an independent third party to verify the need,
management will have an additional justification for approving the
expenditure of money on security technologies.
16 Penetration tests help to ensure controls have been

implemented and are effective, which provides assurance to
information security and senior management.
17 Conducting a penetration test can ensure compliance with

critical standards such as the PCI DSS and ISO27001, the
requirements of the Data Protection Act and other relevant privacy
legislation/regulations.
18 Penetration testing provides assurance to customers that their

data is being protected and that your organisation is not a weak link
in their information security chain.
19 Penetration tests on their own won’t make your networks more

secure, but they will help identify gaps between the existence of
threats and the implementation of controls.
20 Regular pen testing reduces your ICT costs over the long
term. Other than the obvious costs related to a data breach,
implementing a penetration test during a software development
cycle will dramatically reduce the number of exploitable
vulnerabilities. Many companies, such as Facebook, offer small
bounties on unknown exploits within their infrastructure, which
tells you that even the largest companies are looking for help in
plugging applications' security holes. Testing a new system before it
goes live and online is recommended.
Sources: CREST, SANS, IT Governance
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or email us to servicecentre@itgovernance.co.uk.

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20 COMPELLING REASONS WHY

FREQUENT PENETRATION TESTS

3 Penetration testing will help reveal problems you didn’t know

4 Pen testing will determine the weaknesses in your

5 Penetration testing will help you identify the specific technical

6 Penetration testing is far more than a bunch of tools - it is a

7 A pen test offers greater levels of confidence in the security of

9 Security consists of protection, detection and response - and

10 Internal penetration testing can reveal procedural failings

11 By implementing a regular penetration testing regime, you can

12 Non-technical executive management reports provided by IT

13 Penetration testing provides a second set of eyes. Using an

14 Penetration testing gives security personnel a chance to

16 Penetration tests help to ensure controls have been

17 Conducting a penetration test can ensure compliance with

18 Penetration testing provides assurance to customers that their

19 Penetration tests on their own won’t make your networks more

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