Assurance

ADACOM’s Cyber Security Assurance team offers a wide range of offensive services that will cover your technological ecosystem’s testing needs.

Infrastructure & Networks Testing

Infrastructure and network penetration testing is a comprehensive security assessment that focuses on identifying vulnerabilities and weaknesses within an organization's IT infrastructure, including networks, servers, devices, and associated components. This form of penetration test evaluating the security posture of an organization's technical environment and ensuring its resilience against potential cyber threats.

Objective: The primary objective of infrastructure and network penetration testing is to identify security weaknesses, vulnerabilities, and potential entry points that could be exploited by malicious actors to compromise an organization's systems, gain unauthorized access, or disrupt operations.

Scope: This type of penetration test typically covers a wide range of components, including network architecture, firewalls, routers, switches, servers, workstations, and other infrastructure elements. It aims to provide a holistic view of the organization's digital assets.

Benefits:

• Identifies security weaknesses and potential entry points
• Helps in prioritizing and addressing vulnerabilities
• Ensures the organization's compliance with regulatory requirements
• Enhances overall cybersecurity posture
• Provides insights for resource allocation and security strategy development

Infrastructure and network penetration testing is a critical component of an organization's cybersecurity strategy. It helps organizations proactively address security risks and ensure the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of their digital assets, ultimately safeguarding sensitive data and maintaining trust with clients and stakeholders.

Web & Mobile Applications Testing

Application penetration testing, often referred to as "app pen testing," is a methodical and proactive assessment of the security of software applications, including web applications, mobile apps, and desktop applications. This type of testing aims to identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses within the application's code, design, and functionality that could be exploited by cyber attackers.

Objective: The primary objective of application penetration testing is to uncover security vulnerabilities, flaws, and potential exploits in software applications, which, if left unaddressed, could lead to data breaches, unauthorized access, or other security incidents.

Scope: Application penetration testing typically focuses on specific software applications. The scope may include web applications (websites), mobile applications (iOS and Android apps), APIs, and desktop applications. It assesses application layers, including the frontend (user interface) and backend (server-side code).

Benefits:

• Uncovers security vulnerabilities before malicious actors exploit them
• Enhances application security by addressing identified flaws
• Validates compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements
• Improves overall cybersecurity posture
• Ensures the security and trustworthiness of the application for users and stakeholders

Application penetration testing is a fundamental practice for organizations developing or using software applications. It helps safeguard sensitive data, protect against cyber threats, and maintain trust with users, customers, and partners. Regular testing and timely remediation of identified vulnerabilities are key to ensuring the security and resilience of applications in the ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape.

Social Engineering Testing

Social engineering testing is a cybersecurity assessment that focuses on evaluating an organization's susceptibility to manipulation and deception by malicious actors who exploit human psychology, trust, and social interactions to gain unauthorized access, sensitive information, or commit fraudulent activities. This type of testing is designed to identify vulnerabilities within an organization's human factors, policies, and procedures.

Objective: The primary goal of social engineering testing is to assess the organization's resilience against social engineering attacks, such as phishing, pretexting, baiting, and impersonation, which exploit human psychology and trust to compromise security.

Scope: Social engineering testing typically targets employees, contractors, and other individuals within the organization who may inadvertently disclose sensitive information or perform actions that could compromise security.

Disclaimer: Social engineering testing is carried out by ADACOM Cyber Security Assurance Team, who adhere to strict ethical guidelines. The goal is to identify vulnerabilities without causing harm or damage to individuals or the organization.

Benefits:

• Identifies vulnerabilities in an organization's human factors and security culture
• Helps improve employee awareness of social engineering threats
• Validates the effectiveness of security policies and procedures
• Provides insights to enhance security awareness training and incident response planning

Social engineering testing is an essential component of an organization's cybersecurity strategy, as it addresses the often-overlooked human element of security. By simulating real-world social engineering attacks, organizations can better prepare their employees and enhance their resilience against deception and manipulation tactics employed by cybercriminals.

Cloud Environments Testing

Cloud environment penetration testing is a specialized form of security assessment that focuses on evaluating the security of cloud-based infrastructure and services, such as those offered by cloud service providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. The primary objective of this testing is to identify vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and security weaknesses within an organization's cloud environment.

Objective: Cloud environment penetration testing aims to uncover security vulnerabilities and weaknesses specific to cloud-based infrastructure, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data and services in the cloud.

Scope: This form of testing covers cloud-specific components, including virtual machines, containers, serverless functions, cloud storage, identity and access management, and network configurations within the cloud environment.

Benefits:

• Ensures the security of cloud-hosted assets and services
• Identifies cloud-specific misconfigurations that could lead to data exposure or service disruptions
• Validates adherence to cloud security best practices and compliance requirements
• Provides insights for securing data and workloads in the cloud

With the growing reliance on cloud services, cloud environment penetration testing is crucial to address cloud-specific security risks and maintain a strong security posture. It helps organizations protect their data and applications in cloud environments and prevent security breaches or unauthorized access to sensitive information stored in the cloud.