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Now you want to go further
and find out what other ways
an attacker could get into
your servers, sabotage your
shipping,

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or steal confidential information
on your resellers and end-
customers, including their
payment details

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Yes, We Broke Into Your System,
But…

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The pen test might look
for an attack path that consists
of several steps and possibly
several attack techniques,

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such as phishing, hash attacks,
or a denial of service attacks
and reveal further holes

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OK, We Broke In and
There Were All These Holes

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A pen test won’t explain
fundamental IT security rules
or information security
awareness, either

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Well, No, We Didn’t Get Into
Your System

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Depending on what they tried
and how competent and
diligent they were,

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you might be able to estimate
the probability of being
successfully attacked

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Things Will Be Different
Again Tomorrow

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Vendors release patches,
updates, and upgrades
to deal with these

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What Can You Do About It?

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• Make your own IT security
preparations beforehand to
make sure a pen test doesn’t
just show basic vulnerabilities

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• React to successful attacks
via pen testing to at least
make it harder for attackers
to get a foothold inside your
systems or to exploit such
a foothold

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• Continue to keep your
IT security guard up whether
the pen tester succeeds
or fails

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• Run all of your chosen
IT security tests regularly
and frequently

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Have regular penetration tests
kept your IT systems secure?

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