In addition to the classic advantage of a secure application, pentests often offer far more benefits - which are often overlooked. Compliance, customer trust and management liability are the most important.
Penetration tests are far more than a compliance exercise. They protect your business, your customers and your reputation - and offer measurable benefits for your company.
Expert-conducted penetration tests uncover serious security vulnerabilities before attackers find them. This protects intellectual property, customer data, and minimizes the risk of business interruptions.
In many industries, penetration tests are legally required. Without regular testing, you risk certifications, penalties, and personal liability for management.
Regular penetration tests signal to your customers that you take data protection seriously. This is a strong selling point in times of frequent data breaches.
The average cost of a data breach exceeds 4 million euros. A penetration test for a few thousand euros is, by comparison, an affordable safeguard.
More and more cyber insurance policies require regular penetration tests as a prerequisite. Those who test receive better conditions and higher coverage amounts.
Banks and investors increasingly demand proof of IT security measures. Penetration tests can positively influence credit decisions.
A good pentest provider not only identifies vulnerabilities but helps you systematically reduce the attack surface - e.g., through External Attack Surface Management.
In larger companies, penetration tests and Red Teaming can test and improve your Blue Team's response capabilities.
Regular pentests strengthen security awareness throughout the organization and validate your cybersecurity strategy.
Detailed pentest reports provide valuable documentation for audits, certifications, and legal proof requirements.
A penetration test is a realistic attack on your systems - conducted by experts with a time budget, just like real attackers.
Pentests not only uncover technical gaps but also reveal strategic weaknesses in your IT security architecture.
Depending on the context, specific vulnerabilities and security gaps are searched for and tested in addition to classic vulnerabilities, which can only be exploited by combining several vulnerabilities or using special attack methods.
A penetration test is nothing more than a realistic attack on a company or a defined part of it. The testers are often given a time budget - just like a real attacker. They try to steal something, exfiltrate data or cause damage.
If penetration tests are carried out regularly and also discover vulnerabilities, this strengthens confidence in the company's own cyber security and thus also validates the current cyber security strategy.
We are increasingly hearing about cyber insurance policies that require pentests in order for insurance to be taken out at all. Instruments such as monitoring or pentest as a service ensure that premiums can be reduced and the sum insured increased.
We know of a case in which a bank demanded measures in the area of IT security in order to obtain a loan for the further development of software. Penetration tests were part of these measures.
Logically, yes. If you know that a company regularly carries out penetration tests and thus strengthens its IT, then you have much more confidence in the company.
Penetration tests and general measures in the area of offensive IT security primarily uncover technical problems. However, this often also reveals weaknesses in the current strategy.
Penetration tests provide detailed insights and documentation of security vulnerabilities that can be used for audits and legal documentation requirements.
In larger companies, penetration tests and red teaming can be used to check the reaction of the blue team that has been attacked. In the best case scenario, this can prevent an attack quickly enough.
A good penetration test has a smart scope - a very good pentest provider will suggest a scope that subsequently helps to reduce the attack surface. This includes topics such as external attack surface management.
Quite simply. Depending on the industry, companies have to prove that they take care of IT security - otherwise there are no certifications.
If you look at NIS2 (amendment to the Network and Information Security Directive), it becomes clear that managing directors are liable for cyber security. It clearly states that a CEO and board members are responsible for IT security. Penetration tests are part of this responsibility. They must be carried out and monitored. Failure to do so can result in fines. This mainly affects the EU. In the USA, there are strict laws and rules anyway - which is why we keep hearing about losses in the millions there.
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