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What is a CREST Certified Pen Test?

Penetration testing is an authorized attack by ethical hackers to discover, quantify, and supply mitigation strategies for identified security gaps and vulnerabilities.

A CREST Certified Pen Test is an assessment conducted by a CREST-accredited provider firm or CREST Registered Penetration Tester. CREST accreditation verifies that a company perform and documents penetration testing following the highest ethical, legal, and technical standards.

ValueMentor is a CREST Penetration Testing Service Provider in the UK that helps customers acquire complete context around vulnerabilities with improved risk mitigation.

Why opt for CREST Penetration Testing Service Provider?

CREST member companies are qualified penetration testing providers vested with the gold standard in penetration testing. CREST Penetration Testing Service confirms the process is managed, driven, and executed by highly competent CREST-Certified Pen Test engineers. They go through rigid tests to prove their competence by sticking to data security practices & meeting compliance standards such as GDPR, PCI, DSS, NIST, PCI DSS, etc.

ValueMentor is a CREST Penetration Testing Service Provider

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CREST Certified Pen Testing Advantages

CREST CERTIFIED PEN TESTING ADVANTAGES

Globally recognized accreditation

CREST accreditation for conducting a Penetration Test is a recognized benchmark that provides valuable assurance for businesses with a global presence or for those working with overseas customers.

Highly trained security professionals

Our Pen Testing service in UK is typically carried out by or under the supervision of CREST-registered penetration testers who are highly skilled and competent in various pen testing disciples.

Know your complete environment

A successful Pen Test lets you understand what goes in the environment around you and helps you apprehend multiple attack types approaching your organization.

Identify lurked weaknesses

In the evolving threat landscape, a Pen Testing exercise probes for all potential backdoors into your network that exist without your understanding or knowledge.

Inspect security control resilience

Pen Test is a way to truly check your deployed security control capabilities at the hands of ethical hackers. The exercise would let you address your deployment shortfalls.

Address evolving threat scenarios

A CREST-certified Pen Test is a method to tackle the latest attack scenarios on time where the performing hands possess up-to-date expertise and technical know-how’s.

Faster Regulatory compliance

A CREST Penetration Testing service supports multiple information security standards and requirements like the GDPR, ISO 27001, the NIS Regulations and the PCI DSS.

Greater customer assurance

A CREST Penetration Testing service provider enables customers to demonstrate that they are sticking to cyber security best practices. Commissioning a CREST-registered penetration tester might also provide a commercial advantage for businesses.

Protect clients/partners/third parties

Successful completion of the CREST-certified Pen Test shows your clients that you take security earnestly. It builds trust and good stature, helping mitigate the risks of a cyber breach.

What Accreditations Should I Look For In A Penetration Testing Provider?

  • ValueMentor is a diligent member of the Council of Registered Ethical Security Testers (CREST).

  • ValueMentor is an ISO 27001-certified organization and conducts all external testing engagements from within a regulated and restrained environment.

  • ValueMentor security consultants hold CISSP qualifications alongside CISA and CISM accreditations. All our pen testers have been thoroughly background-checked.

  • ValueMentor is a PCI SSC Qualified Security Assessor Company (QSAC), PCI SSC Payment Application Qualified Security Assessor (PCI-QSA) and PCI SSC PCI 3DS Assessor Company.

  • ValueMentor security testing sphere includes CREST certified Infrastructure Testers (CCT Inf), CREST Registered Testers (CRT) and CREST certified Web Application Testers (CCT App).

  • Furthermore, we hold Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Security Manager® (CISM®), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), and Certified Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) certificates.

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Penetration Testing Types

Internal Penetration Testing

Internal penetration tests run from enterprise-within, over its WIFI networks or Local Area Network. The tests will help identify whether it is possible to acquire access to privileged enterprise details from systems and devices inside the corporate firewalls.

External Penetration Testing

The type of testing assesses enterprise infrastructure from outside of the perimeter firewall on the Internet. The exercise will help evaluate the security controls configured on the firewalls, access routers, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) that shield the periphery.

Segmentation Testing

A segmentation test is a series of penetration trials used to check and confirm that less-secure networks limit communication with high-secure networks. Here, we test the controls to ensure proper segmentation without security holes and communication between these networks is confined.

Penetration Testing Strategies

Black Box Testing

Black box penetration tests reflect a simulation of how an attacker with zero information, such as an internet malicious user, organized crime, or a nation-state-sponsored attacker, could introduce risk to the environment. Any publicly available target data is a valuable feed for the penetration tester.

White Box Testing

White box penetration tests or complete knowledge testing mark an approach of testing where the pen testers have detailed information about the applications and infrastructure. The process delivers a stronger assurance of the application and infrastructure logic.

Grey Box Testing

It is a blend of black-box and white-box testing techniques where the pen testers hold snippets of information to help with the testing procedures. It provides more testing coverage than black box tests and is the ideal cost-effective approach for customers having budget constraints.

Penetration Testing Process

ValueMentor holds a robust testing methodology that extends across infrastructure & application testing engagements. As a CREST Registered Penetration Tester Company, we provide tailored services to our customers and heed the same proven methodology to preserve an invariant and reproducible set of outcomes.

Phase 1: Scoping

Phase 2: Reconnaissance and Enumeration

Phase 3: Mapping and Service Identification

Phase 4: Vulnerability Analysis

Phase 5: Service Exploitation

Phase 6: Pivoting

Phase 7: Reporting

Why ValueMentor CREST Penetration Testing Service?

  • Safely simulate the most sophisticated and real-world attacks evaluating risk levels and adjoining fast mitigation measures.

  • Acquire prioritized and actionable reports on your existing & probable security vulnerabilities.

  • Classify threats and completely alleviate or reduce them to acceptable levels.

  • Offer tailored Penetration Testing service in line with the organization’s threat profile and business objectives.

  • Enable you to meet compliance standards such as GDPR, PCI, DSS, NIST and HIPAA.

  • Performs advanced penetration tests with due diligence to maximize ROI for businesses.

Why ValueMentor CREST Penetration Testing

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