Business-led Penetration Testing

In addition to the more traditional/compliance-based penetration tests, URM offers specialised business-led penetration testing services.  These tests are designed to address the specific issues and risks of your organisation, tailoring our approach to your unique requirements. Below are some examples of the issues URM investigates:

• Assessing Unauthorised Access: A key objective is to determine if external attackers can gain access to sensitive client or financial records. This is crucial in evaluating the vulnerability of your organisation's most critical information assets.
• Phishing Vulnerability: This is where URM focuses on assessing the potential fallout if your organisation were to fall victim to a phishing attack, e.g., what capabilities an attacker would gain, and the potential risks and data breaches that could result from such an incident.
• Administrative Access Control: Another vital aspect of our business-led tests is scrutinising your IT administration privileges. We aim to assess whether your IT administrators possess more access than necessary and if your admin accounts are adequately secured and segmented from ‘normal’ accounts..

When conducting these business-led tests, URM integrates advanced technology-based methodologies to align with your specific objectives.  By doing so, we provide you with assurance and invaluable insights into your real-world security posture. Our approach isn't just about generic assessments; it's about addressing the precise security challenges and risks that matter most to your organisation.

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Why URM?

As a CREST-accredited organisation, URM is able to provide reassurances that all the policies, processes and procedures which underpin its cyber security penetration testing have been independently assessed and deemed to be fit for purpose.  Furthermore, accreditation to the CREST OVS programme reflects URM’s commitment to employing highly skilled individuals who are able to deliver Level 1 and Level 2 ASVS and MASVS assessments for web and mobile applications.  With its CREST penetration testing URM is able to support you through the whole penetration testing process, providing support during all the phases of the project. URM’s expert team will assist you during the scoping phase, provide regular updates during the assessment, provide a debrief meeting at the end of the assessment and help you through the remediation process.

URM fully understands that the objective of penetration testing is to reduce the risk affecting your organisation’s assets. That is why URM includes a free retest of any high or critical vulnerabilities identified during an assessment in the first 30 days after the assessment, to ensure the highest risks are mitigated as quickly as possible.

One of the major differentiators between URM and other penetration testing organisations is its holistic approach. Not only can URM provide cutting edge pen testing services, but with its governance, risk and compliance background can also provide a whole plethora of policy, process and training solutions to address your security weaknesses.  Furthermore as a Payment Card Industry Qualified Security Assessor Company (PCI QSAC) URM has teams which can provide assessment (RoC) consultancy and PCI penetration testing services.

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