Penetration Testing

it’s essential to understand the vulnerabilities that could be exploited by malicious actors. Our Penetration Testing Services offer a proactive approach to cybersecurity by identifying and addressing weaknesses in your systems before they can be exploited. Our team of certified experts simulates real-world attacks to uncover vulnerabilities and provide actionable insights to strengthen your defenses.

Why Penetration Testing Matters

Cyber threats are constantly evolving, and even a small vulnerability can lead to significant damage, including data breaches, financial loss, and reputational harm. Penetration testing helps you stay ahead of these threats by rigorously testing your systems, networks, and applications. By identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities, you can reduce your risk exposure and enhance your organization’s overall security posture.

Penetration Testing Services

External Penetration Testing

External Penetration Testing simulates attacks from outside your network to identify vulnerabilities in your internet-facing systems, such as web servers, firewalls, and VPN gateways. Our experts attempt to exploit these weaknesses to gain unauthorized access, providing you with detailed findings and recommendations to enhance your external defenses.

Internal Penetration Testing

Internal Penetration Testing evaluates the security of your internal network, simulating an attack from within your organization. This type of testing is crucial for identifying vulnerabilities that could be exploited by malicious insiders or attackers who have breached your external defenses. We focus on privilege escalation, lateral movement, and data exfiltration to help you secure your internal environment.

Firewall Penetration Testing

Configurations for your firewall and other perimeter devices will be analyzed by our team to identify security gaps that may lead to exploitation.

Web Application Penetration Testing

Web applications are often targeted by attackers due to the sensitive data they handle. Our Web Application Penetration Testing services analyze your applications for common vulnerabilities such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), and broken authentication. We help you secure your web applications against these threats, ensuring the safety of your users and their data.

Wireless Penetration Testing

Wireless networks present unique security challenges, as they can be accessed from outside your physical premises. Our Wireless Penetration Testing services identify weaknesses in your Wi-Fi networks, including encryption flaws, rogue access points, and insecure configurations. We help you protect your wireless infrastructure from unauthorized access and data interception.

Physical Penetration Testing

Physical security is an often-overlooked aspect of cybersecurity. Our Physical Penetration Testing services assess the effectiveness of your physical security controls by attempting to gain unauthorized access to your premises. This includes testing entry points, surveillance systems, and access controls to ensure that your physical defenses are as strong as your digital ones.

SCADA Penetration Testing

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems are critical to the operation of industrial processes and infrastructure. Our SCADA Penetration Testing services evaluate the security of your SCADA networks and devices, identifying vulnerabilities that could lead to operational disruptions or safety hazards. We provide recommendations to protect your critical infrastructure from cyber threats.

Social Engineering

People are often the weakest link in cybersecurity, and social engineering attacks exploit this vulnerability. Our Social Engineering services simulate phishing, pretexting, and other social engineering tactics to test your employees’ awareness and response to potential threats. We provide training and recommendations to help you build a more security-conscious workforce.

Cloud Penetration Testing

As organizations migrate to the cloud, securing cloud environments has become a top priority. Our Cloud Penetration Testing services assess the security of your cloud infrastructure, including configurations, access controls, and data storage. We help you identify and mitigate risks specific to cloud environments, ensuring that your cloud assets are protected against cyber threats.

Cybersecurity Experts

Nexus Cyber’s penetration testing team is comprised of certified cybersecurity experts, as well as threat hunters from our incident response team.

This real-world experience combined with sophisticated knowledge of attack strategies, security design, and proactive defense creates unparalleled insight the security of your data.

In addition to CEH, our pen testing team also holds CISSP, HISP, MPCS, CompTIA Security+ and CompTIA CySa+ certifications, among others.

Sophisticated Tools and Comprehensive Methodology

Our pen testing toolkit is comprised of 40+ applications to ensure a thorough analysis and test is performed. This, combined with a comprehensive methodology creates a more in-depth analysis of your data security.

Nexus Cyber’s cybersecurity experts will often identify vulnerability chaining opportunities, research enumerated versions using several sources to uncover non-public zero-day exploits (as well as public exploits), evaluate the systems’ responses to their efforts in order to expand their exploitation attempts, and filter out false positives through manual validation.

What to Expect During a Penetration Test

Penetration Testing On-Boarding

Once the agreement has been signed, our cybersecurity team will meet with the client to explain the penetration testing process. During this time, the scope of the project will be finalized and the test will be scheduled. This opens the lines of communication and ensures all parties know what to expect.

Reconnaissance and Exploitation

When it is time to initiate the penetration test, our team will begin the reconnaissance and exploitation phase using both automated and manual testing methodologies. During this process, we will attempt to identify vulnerabilities that could compromise the confidentiality or integrity of your data while taking great care to safeguard the stability of the systems being tested.

Notification of Critical Vulnerabilities

If our team detects a critical vulnerability that leaves your network open to an attack, we won’t wait for the final report to notify you. Our team will alert you upon discovery of critical threats and provide recommendations so remediation can can take place as soon as possible.

Prioritized Action Plan

Our cybersecurity experts will assign a calculated risk score to each identified vulnerability. This score is then combined with the impact and likelihood of exploitation to develop a custom, prioritized roadmap to guide remediation efforts, close security gaps, and lower immediate and long-term risk.

Post Engagement Meeting

Once the penetration test is complete, our cybersecurity team will conduct a post-engagement meeting to review the report, discuss the results, answer any questions, and explore the recommendations. This important, yet often overlooked, part of the process provides invaluable insights. We also provide a letter of attestation after every engagement to use in the event it is requested by a third-party.

Why Pen Test?

When to Pen Test?

Evaluating Penetration Testing Companies

Due diligence often requires gathering three (or more) pen testing proposals for comparison. Understanding how a pen testing company will approach an engagement is essential to ensure that you’re selecting the right trusted advisor. Factors to consider include:

• Testing methodology
• Tools
• Experience
• Communication
• Reporting

We break down each of these key components in our article, Not All Pen Tests are Created Equal.