Automated Penetration Testing

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What is Automated Penetration Testing?

Automated penetration testing takes the traditional pentesting a step further by using advanced tools to automate the continuous assessment of an organization’s IT environment, identifying and addressing vulnerabilities promptly. Unlike traditional, manual penetration testing, which is periodic and labor-intensive, automated penetration testing offers automated continuous monitoring, greater efficiency, and comprehensive coverage. This proactive approach covers major drawbacks of traditional pentesting and enhances security by consistently validating and fortifying defenses against evolving cyber threats.

Challenges with Traditional / Manual Pen Testing

Costly & Non Scalable

Conventional Pen Testing is done by consultants and is charged 2K to 3K USD for 1 day of testing. Such costs don’t allow most organizations to increase their pen test frequency or asset coverage. Traditional pen testing relies heavily on human analysts, making it impossible to scale both in terms of hiring talent as well as paying for the cost.

Inadequate Pen Testing Frequency

Traditional pen tests are typically conducted once or twice a year. This infrequent validation means critical risks such as weak credentials, CVE exposures, and evolving threats like ransomware are only assessed annually, leading to potential alert fatigue from daily or weekly vulnerability reports.

Inadequate Asset Coverage

Traditional pen testing tools cover only 20% of assets, focusing on central systems and neglecting peripheral assets. Most attackers target these overlooked assets for the initial access.

FireCompass – AI driven Single Platform For End to End Penetration Testing

Advanced Recon To Discover Pen Test Targets

FireCompass continuously probes, captures banners, fingerprints services, and uses advanced algorithms for contextual attribution. It indexes domains, subdomains, IPs, service banners, web app pages, and public code to create a comprehensive attack surface map. FireCompass detects changes in your attack surface for ongoing risk assessment.

Network Pentesting

FireCompass automates network penetration testing by emulating real-world attacks, evaluating endpoint protection, and identifying vulnerabilities, including malware injection, lateral movement, and privilege escalation.

Application Pentesting

FireCompass thoroughly maps the attack surface, analyzing entry points and deconstructing architecture and configurations. Utilizes a mix of automated tools and manual reviews, going beyond OWASP Top 10 to address a broad range of issues. Prioritizes vulnerabilities based on exploitation likelihood and business impact, providing precise remediation strategies.

MITRE Based Kill Chain & Multi Stage Attacks

FireCompass leverages the MITRE ATT&CK framework, it emulates multi-stage attacks across the entire kill chain. This approach provides a deep understanding of how adversaries operate, from initial reconnaissance to the final stages of exploitation. Our automated system tests your defenses against sophisticated, realistic attack sequences, identifying vulnerabilities at each stage. This detailed analysis allows us to offer precise, actionable recommendations, enhancing your organization’s ability to detect, respond to, and mitigate advanced threats effectively.

Real-Time Prioritization

Effective threat management requires not just detection, but also the ability to prioritize. FireCompass offers real-time prioritization of security alerts, highlighting the most critical issues that need immediate attention. By automatically categorizing threats based on their severity and potential impact, our system ensures that your security team can focus on mitigating the most significant risks first. This targeted approach enhances efficiency, reduces alert fatigue, and strengthens your overall defense strategy.

Real-Time Reporting of Alerts

Our platform provides real-time reporting of alerts so that you are instantly informed about any detected vulnerabilities or suspicious activities. This rapid notification system allows for swift action, reducing the time window in which threats can exploit identified weaknesses. With comprehensive, detailed reports accessible on demand, you gain the ability to stay ahead of potential risks and maintain a proactive security posture.

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Advantages of FireCompass Automated Pentesting

Enhanced Asset Coverage

Discover all assets, known and unknown, cloud asset or on-premise asset, to make sure nothing is overlooked.

Increased Testing Frequency

Enable Continuous testing for ongoing monitoring and detection, to quickly identify and address new vulnerabilities.

Reduced Risk Exposure window

Reduce the time during which your organization is exposed to potential threats using continuous monitoring.

Cost Efficiency

Reduce the reliance on manual testing through automation, subsequently lowering the costs significantly

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the benefits of Continuous Automated Pentesting with FireCompass?

FireCompass Continuous Automated Pentest enables enterprises to elevate their bi-annual Pentest exercises to a monthly frequency, while simultaneously ensuring 100% of assets are covered in each automated Pentest cycle. It offers 5x the benefits compared to employing additional resources for conducting traditional pen tests monthly. Additionally, the FireCompass Platform features a Continuous Threat Monitoring mode that identifies the most critical risks within 72 hours, significantly reducing the overall exposure window of a critical vulnerability.

What compliance standards are required in a Continuous Automated Pentesting?

Continuous monitoring and penetration testing are beneficial for organizations regardless of their need to comply with regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, or PCI. These practices can help avoid the substantial penalties associated with breaches by enhancing security, even for entities not subject to specific compliance requirements. Continuous automated penetration testing, in particular, plays a crucial role in maintaining robust security measures.

How does an Automated Penetration Test differ from an Automated Vulnerability Scan?

An Automated Penetration Test attempts to exploit vulnerabilities to prioritize their remediation. In contrast, an Automated Vulnerability Scan merely identifies CVEs and vulnerabilities in an asset, assigning scores based on static CVSS metrics. An Automated Penetration Test also uncovers a series of attack steps, known as attack trees, which may involve CVEs, authentication attacks, web application vulnerabilities, process injection, lateral movements, etc. This approach helps to minimize noise and alert fatigue, and it uncovers new attack paths that vulnerability scanning might miss.

What should we expect from the FireCompass Continuous Automated Pentesting?

With FireCompass Continuous Automated Pentesting, organizations can expect thorough monthly automated penetration tests covering 100% of assets to identify vulnerabilities. It includes continuous daily monitoring for Critical Vulnerability Exposures (CVEs) with immediate alerts for critical threats. Additionally, users gain access to a comprehensive portal featuring detailed reports, a real-time dashboard, and over 100 tailored attack playbooks designed to address specific vulnerabilities on your attack surface, enhancing your cybersecurity posture significantly.

How often should we conduct an automated Continuous Automated Pentest?

FireCompass Automated Continuous Pentest is performed monthly on 100% of your assets to uncover recent and new exploitable vulnerabilities. Additionally, the platform features a continuous Day 1 CVE monitoring mode, which identifies and alerts you to newly published CVE exposures within 72 hours.

How much time is required to perform a typical Automated Pentest?

An Automated Pentest typically requires 3 to 15 days to cover 100% of assets, encompassing different types of network and web assets, with the duration varying based on the size of the attack surface. The scheduling of tests is designed to minimize the impact on the performance of your services and web applications. In certain instances, Automated Pen tests may throttle testing to ensure the impact on your attack surface remains minimal.

I already have a vendor conducting yearly Pen Testing, do I need a Continuous Pen Testing solution?

Are you struggling with Alert Fatigue from Scanners or threat intel feeds?
Is your pentest vendor able to cover 100% of assets? As per our research, a typical pentest just covers 20% of assets. Are you worried about breaches and ransomware in your industry?
Is your industry highly regulated and compliance-driven? There can be hefty fines in case of non-compliance. Then Continuous Automated Pentesting can help your organization to cover all the above concerns, and improve the overall security posture of your organization.

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FireCompass is a SaaS platform for Continuous Automated Pen Testing, Red Teaming and External Attack Surface Management (EASM) that acts as an integral part of a good exposure management program.

Single Platform for Attack Surface Management and Automated Penetration Testing & Red Team
Daily Risk Port Scanning & Adversary Emulation through multiple Attack Playbooks
Prioritized Risks with real-time alerts for faster detection and remediation

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