Social engineering assessments
Social engineering is an attack that requires human interaction, persuading employees of the target company to act, such as opening a malicious document or providing authentication credentials.
Several factors can influence the selection of the right penetration testing for your business. These factors include:
These are just a few examples of how different types of penetration tests can be applied based on the specific requirements and infrastructures of the clients. Customizing the penetration testing approach to meet each organization’s unique needs and security concerns is essential.
The client is a startup operating in the market for a few years, providing a cloud-based SaaS solution. They serve 5000 external users. They have never conducted a penetration test. Their internal and external infrastructure is on the cloud.
The client is a financial service provider processing cardholder data, requiring annual PCI DSS certification. Their infrastructure is a mix of on-cloud and on-premise. They have conducted infrastructure (external and internal) penetration tests, web, mobile application, and API penetration tests for the past three years.
The client is a food manufacturer. They have an IT department configuring internal network segments, setting security policies, and supporting over 300 users. The internal network infrastructure is on-premise. They have a promotional website.
The client is a government registry. They provide an external API for other government services or end users through a service portal. The infrastructure is on-premise. A contracted company handles the development of the API.
Social engineering is an attack that requires human interaction, persuading employees of the target company to act, such as opening a malicious document or providing authentication credentials.
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During this social engineering engagement, it was possible to achieve persistent internal access, exfiltrate confidential and personal information, and compromise the internal segmented infrastructure.
Article will help to introduce DORA requirements to those who have years of cybersecurity experience but are very new to DORA.