{"id":42608,"date":"2022-07-19T11:14:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T09:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pentestfactory.de\/preparing-for-a-penetration-test\/"},"modified":"2024-07-26T10:29:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T08:29:57","slug":"preparing-for-a-penetration-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pentestfactory.de\/en\/preparing-for-a-penetration-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for a penetration test"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Penetration testing is a useful tool to improve the security of IT infrastructures as well as applications. They help uncover security vulnerabilities early on and give the company a chance to fix security issues before they are actually exploited. Penetration tests are therefore an effective means of improving the security of a company or having it evaluated. Be it customer requirements, an upcoming certification, or your company’s intrinsic need for security. Often, a penetration test by an external service provider is the requirement.<\/p>\n

In advance to a penetration test, however, it is often assumed that one’s own company is secure in principle. Accordingly, a penetration test should identify few to no vulnerabilities, and remediation of these findings should also be feasible in a timely manner. The use of monetary and human resources is predictable. Accordingly, a timely pentest is carried out by an external party, which evaluates the security of one’s own company concluding in a final report. That definitely sounds like a desirable process, and not just for you! <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOne of the most common questions in an initial conversation with customers<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

\"What actually happens if you don't find any vulnerabilities? Will there even be a final report?\"<\/p>\n<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t