PTaaS and types to look out for

Pen Testing as a Service (PTaaS) is a cloud service that provides information technology (IT) professionals with the resources they need to conduct and act upon point-in-time and continuous penetration tests. The goal of PTaaS is to help organizations build successful vulnerability management programs that can find, prioritize and remediate security threats quickly and efficiently.  PTaaS is well-suited for organizations of any size. Most platforms are very flexible and can accommodate everything from a full testing program to custom reporting features for customers whose regulatory requirements pose heavy compliance burdens. Pen Testing as a Service should not be confused with cloud pen testing. PTaaS is a delivery platform, while cloud pen testing seeks to identify security gaps in a specific cloud infrastructure.

Pen Testing (PTaaS) – Penetration Testing on Wireless Networks:

In this type of testing, all wireless devices that are used by an enterprise such as laptops, notebooks, smartphones, etc. are tested. This type of testing helps in finding vulnerabilities of admin credentials, wireless protocols, and wireless access points.

Pen Testing (PTaaS) – Physical Penetration Testing:

This type of penetration testing is practiced in order to stop the unauthorized control or access on the physical components such as sensors, cameras, motion detectors, etc.

Pen Testing (PTaaS) – Application Penetration Testing:

This testing practice discovers the security threats and weak points in a web application. It is the process that simulates the app from attacks by monitoring the systems and firewalls.

Pen Testing (PTaaS) – Uncovering the Risks

Experienced penetration testers knows how to exploit your network to uncover the real high-risk vulnerabilities and can fully explain each risk, not the one who simply finds the highest number of vulnerabilities. Finding vulnerabilities, opening additional doors, and fixing them all will cost you much less than adding secure layer upon layer in an attempt to cover or hide networks or components susceptible to attacks.

When it comes to quality and security priorities, a penetration test is not a place to skimp: spend the money upfront with the right people, rather than having a breach and paying for it with company reputation and, ultimately, profits. Check out more hidden costs of pen testers from Tech Beacon here.

Pen Testing (PTaaS) – Social Engineering Test:

This testing practice will help an enterprise to find the threat actors who are trying to lure the employees with the methods of manipulation or influence for achieving control over system and enterprise’s sensitive data.

Pen Testing (PTaaS) – Network Penetration Testing:

In this testing method, the vulnerabilities and weaknesses in network infrastructure are identified. This method performs a thorough examination on several software packages such as MySQL, File transfer protocol, SQL server, Secure Shell (SSH), etc.

Pen Testing (PTaaS) – Denial of Service (DoS) testing:

This method of testing is performed in both ways, i.e. using automated tools and manual methods. And, the different types of Dos tests are classified as flooding attacks and software exploits. The DoS formats can occur in various formats such as half-open SYN attack, resource overload, flood attacks, etc.

Pen Testing (PTaaS) – Pen-tester is likely to make use of the standard hacking tools to check for vulnerabilities. However, various challenges are involved with the traditional pen testing model, which is the reason, companies are moving towards the new Pen Testing as a Service model comprising of data, technology, and talent to eliminate the security challenges for modern applications. This methodology applies a SaaS security platform to pen testing to boost workflow efficiencies.

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