Penetration Testing: A Managed Service Or Only Once Per Year?

<p>In this episode Stanley Li and Sean Mahoney from Netswitch are joined by James Watson to discuss exactly what is Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS) and the increasing trend for businesses to move away from once-a-year pen tests to more regular, monthly ones instead.</p><p><strong>Episode highlights:</strong></p><p>- 15 years ago, when manual vulnerability scanning and assessments were the only options.</p><p>- Why manual plus automated testing combined is essential to get the highest quality results from pen tests.</p><p>- The new CVE 2020 1472 vulnerability Microsoft recently announced that won't be patched until 2021, and what this means for your testing schedule.</p><p>- Why insecure configurations created by your IT admins could be increasing your risk more than you realise.</p><p>- How the increasing number of regulatory and certification requirements have changed the testing landscape.</p><p>- Why companies now have to demonstrate they're consistently pro-active in testing their networks.</p><p>- Why the increase in remote working has only amplified these issues.</p><p>- Why penetration testing as a service is much more affordable than annual tests of years gone by.</p><p>- Which types of companies are particularly increasing their testing frequency.</p><p>- Why vulnerability assessments alone will not protect you from Ransomware attacks.</p><p>- What data penetration tests can identify that vulnerability assessments are unable to.</p><p>- How to effectively manage security risk if you're a small business with a limited budget.</p><p>- How an international hotel group client has increased their vulnerability assessment frequency from annually to monthly.</p><p>- Why they jumped at the chance to deploy Penetration Testing as a Service.</p><p>- How the old way of manual penetration testing could take over a month.</p><p>- Why the new combination of automation and manual effort can now perform the testing and deliver a report with remediation in just one business week.</p><p>- Why this means more time