External / Internal Testing

External Testing
An external test is the most commonly performed test by Sapphire and is key in determining the risk to your organisation from external threats.  The test is a comprehensive manual scan run over the Internet on specified hosts. The objective is to identify, but not exploit, potential weaknesses in the security system (e-mail, software, unrestricted data flows or operating system).  Manual testing greatly reduces false positives and provides comprehensive and legible reports.


Internal Testing
An Internal Penetration Test is essentially the same as an external penetration test but is performed locally, on specified hosts to provide an assessment of the effectiveness of deployed internal network security. It is designed to identify weaknesses in the security of computer systems connected to the internal network, including workstations, servers and network equipment. Similar testing methodology will be used as in the external testing.

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