Penetration testing

Systematically test the defenses protecting your most critical assets to pinpoint and reduce vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in your security systems.

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Can a determined attacker gain access to critical assets?

Mandiant’s penetration tests are tailored to an organization’s environment and needs, assessing specific aspects of the security program and the state of its critical systems, networks, and applications.

Mandiant security experts simulate the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) of real-world attackers targeting your high-risk cyber assets. Our deep knowledge of advanced attacker behavior can help you:

Determine whether your critical data is at risk
Identify and mitigate complex security vulnerabilities before an attacker exploits them
Gain insight into attacker motivations and targets
Get quantitative results that help measure the risk associated with your critical assets
Identify and mitigate vulnerabilities and misconfigurations that could lead to future compromise

What you get with Mandiant penetration testing

High-level executive summary report
Technical documentation to recreate our findings
Fact-based risk analysis to validate results
Tactical recommendations for immediate improvement
Strategic recommendations for long-term improvement

Choose from testing options customized to your organization

Mandiant consultants conduct penetration tests customized to your environment – no two assessments are ever the same. With a wide variety of options, each can provide you with unique information that can dramatically improve your organization’s security.

External or internal penetration test

Better understand risks to business assets with tests that use the internet or simulated malicious insider to identify and exploit vulnerabilities on systems, services, and applications.

Web application assessment

Prevent unauthorized access to or exposure of applications that broker access to critical data with comprehensive tests of security vulnerabilities for web or mobile apps.

Cloud penetration testing

Assess the effectiveness of existing cloud security defense capabilities and controls. With expertise across popular cloud platforms, our service is tailored to meet the needs of your organization’s cloud-hosted resources.

Social engineering assessment

Learn how an organization reacts to the exploitation of human beings with security awareness and security control assessments focused on manipulation through email, phone calls, media drops, and physical access.

Embedded device/IoT penetration testing

Assess the security of your device by attempting to exploit the embedded firmware, control the device by passing or injecting unsolicited malicious commands, or modify data sent from the device.

ICS penetration testing

Combine penetration testing and exploitation experience with industrial control system expert knowledge to prove the extent an attacker can access, exploit, or otherwise manipulate critical ICS/SCADA systems.

Mandiant takes a four-step, systematic approach to testing

Target reconnaissance: Mandiant consultants gather information about your environment, including company systems, usernames, group memberships, and applications.

Vulnerability enumeration: Mandiant security professionals seek to identify your exploitable vulnerabilities and determine the best way to take advantage of them.

Vulnerability exploitation: Penetration testers attempt to realistically exploit the identified vulnerabilities using a combination of publicly available exploit code, commercial penetration testing tools, and customized exploit code and tools.

Mission accomplishment: Mandiant experts gain access to your internal environment.

Tactics could include internet access, data theft from segmented environments, or device subversion with malicious commands.

Enhance your organization’s security with penetration testing

Talk to a Mandiant expert to see what type of penetration testing would best benefit your organization.

Use flexible units to gain access to proactive cybersecurity services and incident response assistance.

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