penetration testing

The Trust Services Criteria never mention a pentest by name, yet auditors expect one for every SOC 2 report. Here is what actually drives that expectation.

UK insurers increasingly ask for evidence of penetration testing before they will quote or pay out on cyber cover. Here is what they actually require and how to get ready …

CVE-2026-94127 is a patching emergency, but the real lesson is what happens when perimeter appliances quietly become identity providers nobody tested.

MFA blocks the vast majority of account takeovers, but attackers now have working playbooks against weaker forms of it. Here is how MFA works, how it gets bypassed, and a …

Fixing what a pen test found is only half the job. Here’s how to prioritise remediation, and why retesting is what actually proves the fix worked.

A buyer’s checklist for vetting a mobile app penetration testing quote, covering what should be in scope, what questions to ask, and what a useful report looks like.

From scoping to retesting, here’s where the time actually goes in a penetration test and why the total is longer than the days you’re quoted.

A web application firewall filters attack traffic in real time, but the vulnerability behind a blocked request is still there tomorrow. What it stops, why it can be bypassed, and …

Penetration testing as a service and traditional pen testing solve different problems. A practical comparison to help UK businesses pick the right one.

Black box, white box and grey box penetration testing each answer a different question. Here is how to match the approach to what you actually need to know.