BUSINESS BRIEFING view of some of the security threats they face and defend against them more efficiently. Get in touch with the Ekco team via our website www.ek.co or email [email protected] environment.” These client testing gaps have led to a more robust approach known as Ethical Hacking as a Service, which addresses many of the disadvantages of ad hoc pen testing. “Ethical Hacking as a Service is considerably more strategic. It mimics real hackers’ techniques, gives a wider attack surface and is a far more effective use of a company’s testing budget. With Ethical Hacking as a Service, we are pushing the boundaries and evolving with the threat environment, rather than falling behind it.” Timmons recently led a webinar that explored the benefits of Ethical Hacking as a Service. During the session, he and some of his Ekco team members focused on how Ethical Hacking as a Service can help companies gain a more holistic But with today’s evolving threat landscape, having a test just to tick a compliance box or validate the security posture of a system is not a robust enough method to gauge how well a company is protected against cyber attacks. “Just doing a pen test is simply not enough these days. When you consider that 48% of companies reported a cyber attack in the past 12 months1, it’s evident that our approach to assessing vulnerabilities in a company’s network needs to be far more strategic,” says Declan Timmons, Director of Cybersecurity Consultancy at Ekco. “The cost and considerable administration overhead required for a traditional pen test, which has too narrow a focus and leaves room for blind spots, just doesn’t make sense in the current cybersecurity Traditional pen testing is dead. What’s next? Penetration testing, or pen testing, has long been considered an important aspect of cybersecurity, where a company’s security provider identifies vulnerabilities that are then manually probed. What Zurich Insurance Plc has to say about Ekco: “Ekco efficiently delivers all our annual cybersecurity testing requirements to the highest standards. They are our cybersecurity trusted partner of choice for all our ethical hacking needs.” 9 www.managedITmag.co.uk 1. Hiscox Cyber Readiness Report
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