What is an Internet Attack and Penetration Test for the Education Industry?
Attack and Penetration testing is another name for Ethical Hacking. For education and other industries, a penetration test finds and exploits known and unknown vulnerabilities from the perspective of a hacker outside of the organization. On average, Internet Attack and Penetration tests find three times the risk vulnerabilities than vulnerability scans. This means vulnerability scans alone leave risks open to your educational organization's IT security.
Why do a penetration test in an Educational organization?
An external attack and penetration test is requirement by standards and regulations like PCI compliance. Why? One reason is because it is easier than ever to compromise a host. Every day new exploits are being released and 2009 was a record high for public exploit release. An external attack and penetration test and assessment will identify areas of IT security risk vulnerability and offer advice for protecting and hardening the data security in your educational facility.
How can we help?
Since 2001, SecureState has been providing expert security for many organizations. Our team is comprised of security professionals with more than ten years of experience from a variety of backgrounds, including:
- Military Intelligence (M.I.)
- Big X
- Security Firms
SecureState has worked around the nation performing External Penetration Tests. We will provide you with an honest account of your Information Security Protection, or lack thereof.