An Essential Guide to Penetration Testing
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Get a quoteWebsites are a pivotal part of business success. With more than 1.6 billion websites, and many companies having more than one, these applications hold an extensive collection of sensitive information, typically making them a significant risk to your cyber security. This is why web application penetration tests need to form part of your security plan.
Testing helps identify flaws that allow you to remediate them quickly and shield your critical assets from attacks. With bespoke solutions and fast turnaround, Bulletproof’s specialised team will uncover the hidden threats to your organisation. In as little as 3 days and with minimal disruption to your business, you’ll know how to bulletproof your organisation.
Due to the ubiquity of web applications, they are a preferred target for cyber criminals.
Web application penetration testing is a proactive approach to cyber security. It simulates the actions of a hacker and critically assesses and exploits security vulnerabilities, weaknesses, technical misconfigurations that a cyber attacker would target in your website’s API and infrastructure. Penetration tests allow you to act immediately, removing vulnerabilities whilst your business remains operational.
Our web pen testing experts will identify the risks posed to your business, and crucially, develop a comprehensive plan to strengthen your cyber resilience.
Bulletproof’s trusted CREST-certified penetration testers will carefully analyse all aspects of your web app to uncover security weaknesses. Every test is designed to protect what matters most to your business.
We understand how dynamic the threat landscape is, which is why we offer 12-months of free vulnerability scanning on up to 8 IP addresses.
Get a free quote todayAnalyse the security of your web app from the user perspective. Auditing the admin portal of your web application will reveal vulnerabilities including SQL injection, Session fixation, privilege escalation and Cross-Site request forgery (CSRF).
The most common type of web application test, our penetration testers will identify vulnerabilities in publicly visible networks that could be exploited by users who do not have access credentials.
A vital component to include if your web application has an API. Penetration testing a web app’s API uses slightly different tools, and techniques. It is often covered separately from the scope of a web app test.
Bulletproof recommends a blend of all three testing types to get the most value from your penetration testing engagement and understand all the risks.
Top 10 most common web application vulnerabilities we have found when pen testing:
of web vulnerabilities are a low effort to fix
high likelihood of being exploited
Most penetration testing follows a 6-step lifecycle:
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A web application penetration test is a comprehensive security review where our team of specialised and accredited pen testers takes on the role of a cyber criminal. They’ll attempt to uncover and exploit security vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in your website or a specific web application. Web application penetration testing provides vital information on how to secure your web app and, ultimately, helps keep your organisation secure online.
Whilst all web app penetration tests have the same goal of uncovering security weaknesses, there are different areas to consider:
Bulletproof recommends a blend of all three testing types to get the most value from your penetration testing engagement and understand all the risks.
Bulletproof believes in working to the very best standards, so all our web application tests include the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Top 10 vulnerabilities as a minimum. We use a blend of advanced automated tools and manual expertise to uncover security weaknesses. This includes code injection, broken authentication, misconfigurations, XSS, and much more.