Vulnerability assessment is an activity for testing the cyber resilience of a business, identifying potential threats and places of their penetration. Security evaluation analysis makes it possible to determine the impact of threats on the system, what types of cyber attacks it can withstand and typical attacks for your enterprise.
Ideally, experts recommend conducting a Cyber Vulnerability Assessment every six months. This will help to significantly reduce the risk of external penetration. Vulnerability Management Service employees make suggestions on the use of SOC and NOC. These are special services that monitor the network for timely detection of threats and penetration attempts 24/7.
A security system with a high degree of resistance to cyber attacks is a necessary indicator when obtaining international certificates of conformity. In cooperation with CQR, you can use its services to obtain these documents.
In the process of vulnerability assessment, a number of measures are carried out aimed at identifying problems of a different nature related to the identification and analysis of detected weaknesses and elimination in order to prevent use by intruders.
Vulnerability assessment or PENTEST: how to approach the choice correctly
When ordering a service, many managers have difficulty choosing a way to test the system. Different experts have a common opinion on this issue. If you doubt the correctness of the choice, try to analyze yourself how the vulnerability assessment and Pentest differ or are similar.
When assessing the vulnerabilities of the system, at the same time, you can use Pentest. But his action is aggressive and imitates the action of intruders. The test tries to compromise the system and steal data, as hackers do.
If your goal is to detect weaknesses and eliminate them, then you can do without Pentest. The company’s employees have:
- experience and experience;
- they are perfectly able to use applications and modern software in their work;
- patented automated resources to protect your company’s system.
By contacting CQR, you will receive a high-quality and professional service at a reasonable cost. Its specialists will be able to ensure the security of the enterprise and prevent hacker attacks.