Whitehelm - Pentration Testing

Penetration Testing

"Whitehelm Network Security can help organisations to identify the potential risks and then make recommendation for a cure"

Whitehelm Network Security penetration tests use the latest attack techniques to uncover holes in your network. Our penetration exercises are non-destructive and controlled, once completed, we provide a comprehensive report detailing the vulnerabilities that we exploited to gain access to your network.

Organisations conduct penetration tests for three main reasons:-

To educate staff and management on security issues
To simulate advanced attacks
To validate current security measures.

When Education is the main goal, Whitehelm may attempt to determine the user names and passwords of senior executives or try to locate important pieces of corporate intellectual property. These exercises are useful for demonstrating to management the importance of effective security measures — an excellent way to defend your information security program budget submissions.

When Simulating an advanced attack, penetration testing is usually conducted with the knowledge of relatively few people. Most organisations know little about their ability to detect intrusions or about heir ability to react, respond, and recover from intrusionsthis helps to also determine the vigilance of the end-user. Therefore, the more realistic our attack is, the more meaningful the results are for you. Remember to periodically test your computer incident response capability.

When Validating current security measures, Whitehelm generally conducts penetration testing with a list of specific targets in hand. These targets typically include critical servers, such as:-

E-mail servers
Web servers
ERP application server (e.g. SAP servers)
File servers storing intellectual property
Or mission-critical database servers applications

Since more and more attacks are occurring at the network perimeter, Whitehelm consultants execute penetration tests against network systems from outside your Firewall or remotely from our penetration lab in Oxford (UK). To simulate insider threats, you can provide Whitehelm`s consultants with remote network access. Conducting both internal and external attacks allows you to compare the risks associated with various threats.

Penetration Tests Provide Immediate Benefits

Awareness of weaknesses in perimeter security mechanisms
Awareness of weaknesses in internal security mechanisms
Feedback on intrusion detection and incident response capabilities
Knowing whether a skilled attacker could access critical resources

Why Choose Whitehelm?

Flexible Implementation - Customer sets the priorities and targets. Primary objectives can be to Educate, Simulate, or Validate
Proven Processes —Professionally conducted, with highly skilled techniques, no inadvertent down time.
Technical Superiority — Attack tools for all operating systems.
Experts Security Analysts — All technical personnel have detailed security assessment process training and the relevant product knowledge.

Please call0870 421 4023 to find out how your company can benefit from using our penetration testing service, or e-mail sales@whitehelm.com requesting more information.