Because you didn’t get an audit beforehand and want to save your business from getting hacked
By Terry Cutler
You might not know this, but hackers have been lurking in your system for months, even years. When you finally discover their presence, it may already be too late.
Or if you are one of the lucky ones, no direct evidence exists that anything has been stolen—not yet.
In both cases, that’s when you call an ethical hacker.
I show companies where the holes are and close them up before the hacker can do more damage. Typically, the first step is a vulnerability assessment, followed by a thorough penetration test.
These steps not only offer a quick overview of your security defences, but they also put me in the hacker’s chair. I became a hacker. Within minutes I can find the point of entry, and how long a hacker has been lurking in your system—then there is a hush. No one can believe it.
Silence. More silence. What now? Then I do a cybersecurity audit.
What is a cybersecurity audit?
A cyber security audit involves a simulated cyber attack on your network, known as a penetration test.
As the CEO, you will understand your network vulnerabilities and threats, uncovering weak links and risky practices (employees opening unknown emails), and the potential in which an attacker bent on no good may compromise your organization’s cyber security capabilities.
Why audit?
The first reason for an audit is you won’t call me at the last minute during a discovered hack because you called me months earlier to conduct your audit.
The second reason is that we determined you had some proper security mechanisms and what is not secure. That’s when we plugged up the entry points to your network, and we ensured you complied with relevant regulations.
We should regularly conduct four central security audits:
- Risk Assessment: Identifies the different risks to a business.
- Vulnerability Assessment: Highlighting the areas of a business’s security that are vulnerable.
- Penetration Testing: I act as a hacker and attempt to bypass your company’s security system.
- Compliance Audit: Compliance is necessary for the business’s legal status, and it keeps changing and needs regular updates.
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