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PEN Testing - what it is and why you need it as part of your website security
Written by
Darren
Overseeing the research and development of digital products which keep Nzime moving forward as well as managing legal, compliance and hosting.
With the advent of more advanced AI tools it's becoming even easier to create malicious bots and scripts that can exploit vulnerabilities such as SQL Injection, cross-site scripting or DDOS attacks aimed at bringing down hosting servers or accessing your customer's data.
Keeping on top of these vulnerabilities is a full time job and with over 2000 new CVE's being raised every day across a range of applications it's easy to see the need for something to track and identify them.
Nzime run regular PEN Tests (also known as Penetration Testing) across our clients sites to find and fix these early. Catching issues before they become a problem for the website or application is key to preventing expensive outages, particularly on busy e-commerce sites.
The test simulates attacks based on the latest list of security vulnerabilities to not only check your site code, but to look at the hosting servers and application code running there too. The resulting reports can then be used to address any issues highlighted in order of severity (Critical, Medium or Low).
Increasing the resilience of your site is always a good thing and being proactive with your cybersecurity can be reassuring to key stakeholders within the company as well as to customers who can be assured that their data is secure.
By investing in PEN Testing you can prevent costly breaches, enforce compliance with industry standards and help with customer retention.
Don't wait until after your site has been compromised, put something in place now and help prevent any issues before they happen.