Web Application Penetration Testing Services
URM can conduct web application penetration testing against your web applications and application programming interfaces (APIs), allowing you to enhance your security posture and reduce the risk of a cyber attack.
What is Web Application Penetration Testing?
A web application penetration test is a type of ethical hacking engagement designed to assess the architecture, design and configuration of web applications and APIs. During this type of penetration test, the tester will assess the security of your custom applications and website, which, in turn enables them to identify any coding, design and development weaknesses that could be exploited by a genuine threat actor.
With its CREST-accredited web app pen testing service, URM conducts a security review to test the web application from an authenticated perspective. If various access levels are available within the application (e.g., administrator vs standard users), URM performs testing to confirm that each access level does not have access to information outside of their level of privilege or tenant.
Benefits of Web Application Pen Testing
Protect against more sophisticated threat actors
Identify and remediate more complex vulnerabilities that cannot be picked up on by automated scanning alone; whilst it is important to clear the ‘low hanging fruit’, manual web application penetration testing will help you protect yourself against more sophisticated and experienced cyber criminals
Identify key vulnerabilities
Discover key risks and vulnerabilities in both in-house developed web applications and those supplied by third-party vendors, such as flaws in application logic, security misconfiguration, and injection flaws
More comprehensive cyber security strategy
Develop an overall more comprehensive cyber security strategy by using the outputs from the web application pen test to inform improvements.
Our Web Application Penetration Testing Process
URM delivers its web application pen testing using industry standard methodologies, such as the OWASP Web Security Testing Guide (WSTG) and the OWASP ASVS. Where required, the web application penetration test can be performed under the CREST OVS framework.
Scope
URM’s experts will collaborate with you to define the most appropriate scope and identify the websites and applications you would like to include in the test.
Information gathering and reconnaissance
Using cutting-edge intelligence gathering techniques, URM’s tester will gather information about the in-scope websites and applications, simulating the approach of a real attacker.
Vulnerability identification and analysis
The penetration tester will use the information amassed in the previous stage to identify the vulnerabilities on your websites and applications that can be exploited, and develop a strategy for doing so.
Exploitation
Drawing on their extensive penetration testing skills and experience, the attacker will attempt to exploit the vulnerabilities they have identified and test the effectiveness of your websites’ and applications’ defences.
Reporting and debrief
Following the test, URM’s expert will provide a full report of their findings and a debrief meeting in which they will offer advice on the remediation process.
Retest
We understand the importance of remediating the most serious vulnerabilities as quickly as possible. As such, we will provide a free retest within 30 days of the initial assessment of any critical or high-risk vulnerabilities we have identified.
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Why Choose URM Consulting for Web Application Pen Testing?
URM’s CREST-accredited penetration testing will enable you to identify the vulnerabilities impacting your web applications and APIs, and remediate them before they are exploited by a real threat actor. As a CREST OWASP Verification Standard (OVS) accredited organisation, we are able to deliver web application assessments in line with the OWASP Application Security Verification Standard (ASVS), at both Level 1 and Level 2. With our background in governance, risk and compliance, we can also combine our investigations into the technological aspects of your security posture with a range of policy, process and training solutions to address weaknesses in your organisation’s security.
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