Assumed Breach
Our Assumed Breach services help you proactively identify and mitigate vulnerabilities by simulating scenarios where attackers have already gained access to your network, ensuring robust protection and incident response capabilities.
The Importance of Assumed Breach Testing
In the current threat landscape, it is critical to prepare for the possibility that attackers may bypass your perimeter defenses. Assumed Breach testing focuses on identifying and addressing vulnerabilities within your network, assuming that an attacker has already infiltrated your systems. This approach helps you understand the potential impact of a breach and improve your incident response strategies to minimize damage.
Our Approach
At Pretera, our approach to assumed breach is proactive and anticipatory, built on the premise that organizations should operate as if their defenses have already been compromised. We start by preparing the environment for a breach scenario, which includes identifying critical assets, evaluating existing security measures, and developing threat models that reflect the current threat landscape.
Next, we conduct thorough assessments to simulate a breach, employing tactics that mimic real-world attack vectors. This involves engaging in red team exercises that push the limits of our defenses while actively monitoring the blue team’s responses. By simulating attacks from an assumed breach perspective, we are able to test the effectiveness of incident response plans and identify vulnerabilities in security protocols.
Finally, we focus on continuous improvement by analyzing findings from our assessments and refining our security posture accordingly. This involves implementing lessons learned, enhancing detection capabilities, and ensuring that all teams are trained to respond effectively to incidents. Our assumed breach approach cultivates a culture of vigilance and resilience, preparing organizations to respond swiftly and effectively to actual security incidents.
Key Features of Our Assumed Breach Services
- Initial Compromise Simulation: Simulating scenarios where attackers have gained initial access to your network to evaluate your internal security posture.
- Compromise Entry Points: Identifying potential entry points and weaknesses within your network.
- Lateral Movement: Assessing how attackers could move laterally within your network to escalate privileges and access sensitive data.
- Privilege Escalation: Testing the ability of attackers to escalate privileges and gain higher-level access within your network.
- Exploit Vulnerabilities: Identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to gain elevated privileges.
- Access Controls: Evaluating the effectiveness of your access control mechanisms in preventing privilege escalation.
- Data Exfiltration: Simulating attempts to exfiltrate sensitive data from your network to test your detection and prevention capabilities.
- Data Theft Scenarios: Creating realistic scenarios to test the exfiltration of valuable data.
- Monitoring and Alerts: Assessing the effectiveness of your monitoring and alerting systems in detecting and responding to data exfiltration attempts.
- Persistence Mechanisms: Evaluating how attackers could establish persistence within your network to maintain long-term access.
- Backdoor Installation: Testing methods for installing backdoors and other persistence mechanisms.
- Detection and Removal: Assessing your ability to detect and remove persistent threats from your network.
- Incident Response Evaluation: Assessing the effectiveness of your incident response protocols in detecting, responding to, and mitigating the impact of a breach.
- Response Drills: Conducting drills to practice and improve your incident response capabilities.
- Post-Breach Analysis: Providing detailed analysis and recommendations for enhancing your incident response strategies.
Detailed Reporting and Remediation Guidance
Our detailed penetration testing report is written in understandable terms and provides clear and actionable information about identified vulnerabilities, their potential impact, and recommended remediation steps. This allows your team to quickly understand and start addressing issues immediately.
- Executive Summary: High-level overview of the findings aimed for management and delivered shortly after the assessment.
- Technical Details: In-depth reporting with details at every step of our penetration testing services, helping your technical teams replicate the vectors easily and remediate swiftly. Â
- Report Readout: We provide report read out for your management, accelerating the understanding of the report and clarifying any unclarities on the spot.Â
- Remediation Guidance: Post-pentest step-by-step support and guidance on how to fix identified vulnerabilities and accelerate the remediationÂ
- Free Retesting: Following the remediation of identified vulnerabilities, we offer a free retesting of all the vulnerabilities to ensure everything has been remediated.
Why Work With Us
Our team of experienced security professionals brings deep knowledge and experience of application security and the latest threat landscapes. We operate as your internal team, seeking to always understand the challenges you face and ensure you solve them, always. Work with us and experience open and transparent communication throughout the testing process providing real-time updates and insights. This collaborative approach ensures that you are always informed and can prioritize remediation efforts.
KeyPoints
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Internal Threat Simulation
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Advanced Internal Exploitation
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Tactical Network Exploitation
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Credential Theft Scenarios
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Post-Breach Strategies
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Comprehensive Security Assessment
Related Certifications
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Offensive Security Certified Expert
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Offensive Security Web Expert
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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
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Certified Ethical Hacker
Our Approach
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We Assess
After an initial call with the client, Pretera will start working on scoping and based on the required amount of the time required to complete the work, the client will receive a detailed offer.
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We Prevent
During the assessment phase, Pretera will provide its services for which the client has paid for, and it could range from a few days assessment to a several weeks assessment.
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We Secure
Upon completion of the assessment, Pretera will deliver a detailed report of findings to the client and will offer a walk-through presentation if asked by the client.