Network Penetration Testing

What is the network penetration test?

The main objective of a network penetration test is to find vulnerability exploitable in networks, applications, hosts and network devices (i.e. router, switch) before hackers can discover and exploit these vulnerabilities. Network penetration tests can expose incentives in the real world for hackers to be able to exploit systems and networks in order to allow unauthorized access to confidential data or even mischievous / non -commercial acquisition systems.

What is our methodology?

Our penetration test methodology includes an attack simulation made by our highly qualified security consultants in an attempt to:

The Bilad Al-Rafidayn Technology network penetration testers have experience to support network, devices and hosts, not only trying to hack them. They use this expertise on sensitive issues to focus on them and provide concrete advice on how to resolve them.

Approach
Manual testing vs. automated testing
Tools
Reporting

Approach

Bilad Al-Rafidayn Technology Security’s network penetration testing service uses a systematic, risk-based approach to manually detect significant network vulnerabilities occurring on all affected networks, devices and hosts.

1. Collection of information
2. Threat modeling
3. Vulnerability Analysis
4. Operation
5. Post-exploitation
6. Reports

Manual testing vs. automated testing

The Bilad Al-Rafidayn Technology approach consists of about 80% manual testing and about 20% automated testing – actual results that vary slightly. Although automated testing can be effective, it only delivers performance in the early stages of a penetration test. At Bilad Al-Rafidayn Technology Security, we believe that only robust manual testing techniques can perform an accurate and thorough penetration test.

Tools

Bilad Al-Rafidayn Technology Security uses commercial tools, home-grown software, and the same tools hackers use in every analysis to perform a detailed real-world assessment. Once again, our goal is to test systems by simulating a real-world attack, and to perform this function effectively we use the many tools at our disposal.

Reporting

We interpret the reporting process as the beginning of our relationship. Bilad Al-Rafidayn Technology aims to provide the best possible customer experience and service. Our study therefore represents only a small part of our findings. We provide clients with an online recovery knowledge base, dedicated recovery staff and a ticketing system to bridge the growing gap in the post-reporting recovery process. We are not just there to find vulnerabilities, but also to fix them.

Methodology

Each network penetration test is carried out consistently using common frameworks agreed internationally and even industry-wide. Bilad AlRafidayn Technology uses industry-standard frameworks as a basis for conducting penetration testing to ensure a reliable and thorough penetration test. The underlying framework is based at least on the Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES), but goes beyond the original framework itself.

Intelligence Gathering
Threat modeling
Vulnerability analysis
Exploitation
Reporting

Intelligence Gathering

The information gathering phase involves listing services, mapping networks, browsing banners and more. Host and service discovery efforts result in a curated list of all accessible systems and their services with the goal of obtaining as much information about the systems as possible.

Host and service discovery includes initial domain fingerprinting, realtime host discovery, service inventory, and operating system and application fingerprinting. The purpose of this phase is to jointly map the environment within the range and prepare for threat identification.

Threat modeling

The security test continues with the search for vulnerabilities within the systems, with the information obtained from the previous phase. It initially starts with automated scans, but quickly evolves to manual deep dive testing techniques. Assets are classified and classified into threat categories during the threat modeling phase. This may include confidential documents, trade secrets, financial information, but more generally technical details discovered during the previous process.

Vulnerability analysis

The vulnerability analysis process involves recording and assessing identified vulnerabilities as a result of the previous phases. It involves evaluating the different safety methods and manual monitoring techniques. A list of attractive vulnerabilities, suspect services and issues worth investigating further has been drawn up and weighed for further investigation at this stage. The plan of attack is essentially developed here.

Exploitation

Unlike a vulnerability assessment directly through exploitation, a penetration test like this goes much further. Exploitation typically involves exploiting the vulnerability (e.g., buffer overflow) to ensure that the vulnerability can actually be exploited. This process consists of intensive manual monitoring techniques during a Bilad Al-Rafidayn Technology security network penetration test, hence it takes a lot of time.

Reporting

Deliverable

At Bilad Al-Rafidayn Technology Security we consider the distribution/reporting process to be the most critical and do everything we can to ensure we have fully communicated the importance of our service and results. The result is an electronic report that includes several key components including, but not limited to: summary, scope, conclusions, facts, tools and methodology. A raw file in CSV (comma separated values) format is also presented with the report, in an effort to facilitate the retrieval and management of any identified findings.