An Internal Penetration Test is conducted from within your network, taking the perspective of an attacker that has already gained a foothold by some other means (whether that is direct exploitation of a public facing system or via social engineering) or a malicious insider. This assessment uses a combination of automated and manual exploitation techniques […]
Could an attacker physically gain access to your office and attack your network from inside? Could they gather sensitive information from employee desks or conference rooms? Could they gain access to your server room? A physical penetration test is designed to answer all of these questions over the course of roughly 3 days onsite at […]
An external penetration test is a type of security assessment that can evaluate the resiliency of your organization’s network perimeter. It’s widely considered to be one of the first types of assessments that most organizations will go through, as most are concerned with tackling their Internet-facing weaknesses first. And that makes sense, as you don’t […]
One of our core tenets at Triaxiom Security is to provide you with holistic, quantifiable, and actionable results so you can make data-driven decisions to protect your organization. That sounds great and all, but what are actionable results, and why do they matter? In this blog, we will explore what we mean by actionable results […]
Should I go with a local testing company or someone outside of my geographical area? As with most things, the answer is “it depends”, however, the majority of assessments can be tackled remotely. By allowing penetration testing firms outside of your immediate location the opportunity to win your business, you can potentially open the door […]
The following blog will provide an overview of our wireless penetration testing methodology. A wireless penetration test emulates an attacker trying to gain access to the internal network through the wireless network, but also includes some elements of an audit, ensuring your wireless network is in-line with industry standards. This document outlines the standards, tools, […]
A normal security program will incorporate vulnerability scans and penetration tests to help measure the effectiveness of their security controls, but oftentimes doing a more detailed review of their key security devices is overlooked. The most important of these security devices is usually the firewall. A firewall configuration review takes a deeper dive into the […]
Update: Amazon has removed their requirement for an AWS Penetration Testing Request Form to be completed prior approval for penetration testing on most services as of March 2019. This means the form explained in this article is no longer necessary to submit prior to having a penetration test performed. For all the details and a […]
Our engineers have noticed a trend over the past year of poor IT management passwords, and it has caused some concern, so we thought we would write a blog post about it to try and bring awareness to this issue. Many organizations, especially small and mid-size businesses who don’t have the resources internally, will outsource […]
Many of our clients are getting penetration tests not only to improve their security posture, but also to use the results to satisfy a client’s requirements or integrate the results into their sales materials. We get asked quite often how other organizations handle communicating penetration testing results, while avoiding divulging sensitive information. Below, we highlight […]
