Overview of Penetration Testing

Commissioning a penetration test or vulnerability assessment is an excellent way to ensure that security technologies are in place and functioning correctly. An assessment can also provide peace of mind that your software, servers, workstations and infrastructure are all behaving in a manner to protect your critical business data and reputation from external or internal attack.

A test is often now a necessity due to many different regulatory compliance demands and if not carried out due to best practice a test can go a long way to reassure customers and business partners alike. A penetration test is an excellent way to ‘prove’ changes to network infrastructure by identifying any weaknesses exposed or corrected by the changes made.  It can also be used as a tool before connecting new services or applications onto a live network.

Interested in learning more? Download the Penetration Testing Best Practices whitepaper. 

In today’s connected world, organisations of all sizes in both the public and private sectors need to be aware of the limitations of their security technologies and procedures.  If you have company and/or personal data either connected to the Internet or providing access to business critical services then you should regularly test the security of your infrastructure.

Case Studies Include:
Derbyshire County Council
Deutsche Postbank AB
Sunderland Council
Northumbria 101 

Using custom toolkits and well established commercial tools the testing team is able to provide a unique and thorough assessment which is not possible using automated vulnerability scanners.

On completion of any test Sapphire will complete a management report and a full technical report.  The deliverables will include recommendations for technical countermeasures and other improvements where appropriate. The reports will also make comparisons of previous test results to enable our customers to evaluate the effectiveness of ongoing patch management and configuration work.

Sapphire is a member of the CESG CHECK scheme and has maintained the 'Green Light' status since 2004. Clients engaging with companies certified to ‘Green Light’ status are assured that they have selected a provider with a highly qualified, appropriately experienced team who will provide the very best quality service.

This Company is a subscriber to the NPIA IT Health Check Service Framework Arrangement

“While we have internal staff who are focused on network security, we also like to have an annual independent validation of the quality of the network security and the areas that we need to address to improve this quality. To deliver this level of assurance, we need to be working with a credible market player and a security provider that we are confident that we can trust in providing independent assurance that the network is robust and secure. On both counts, Sapphire fits the bill perfectly.”
Phillip Spencer, Principal Auditor and IT Manager, Derbyshire County Council.

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