A compromise assessment is a penetration test focused on identifying if undetected threat actors are currently or have ever been in your network. Testing includes both automated and manual inspection conducted across firewalls, endpoints, and servers to ensure a thorough examination of your IT infrastructure systems and applications. Our ethical hackers uncover threats like zero day malware, trojans, ransomware, and other anomolies that may go undetected in standard automated vulnerability scans.
Why conduct a Compromise Assessment?
- Detect past or present malware, ransomware, trojans, and other anomalies that may be under the radar.
Discover and identify any indicators of compromise or threat actors in your current IT environment
Identify gaps that may weaken the ability to spot a breach
Uncover ongoing or past intrusions
Assess your system based on industry trends, local, and global threats
- Eliminate the guesswork, reduce dwell time, and resource costs.
Ensure attackers haven’t penetrated your defences
Attain a thorough examination of your systems - ethical hackers will comb through your archived traffic to find anomalies
Determine the efficiency of current security controls and processes from endpoint to endpoint.
Gain confidence in your company’s security posture
- Ensure a successful Merger and Acquisition transaction.
Prove security effectiveness to customers and other stakeholders.
Avoid unnecessary risks or expenses before an M & A transaction is made
Ensure the quality of the assets IT infrastructure and data
Evaluate potential cybersecurity impact of merging two IT infrastructures and data
Our compromise assessment uncovers past or present threats.
We uncover zero-day malware, trojans, ransomware and other anomalies that may go unnoticed in standard automated vulnerability scans.
Breach detection
Identify if a breach occurred.
Proactive protection
Determine the efficiency of technical incident response capabilities
Support for tomorrow
Report outlines proactive solutions for the future.
Gain credibility and buyer trust
Avoid unnecessary risks and expenses before an M&A transaction.
Compromise Assessment Service Highlights
Identify malicious traits/IOCs
Complete system configuration reviews for Unix and Windows
Understand attack surface area
Run company-wise authenticated vulnerability scan to identify potentially impacted systems
Review system logs
Review on select endpoints, servers, firewalls and anti-virus solutions
Active directory assessment
Identify potential privilege escalation paths
Development of Compromise Assessment Report
Outlines all observations and relative confidence whether a compromise has occurred
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Ransomware is deployed in my environment, do I need a Compromise Assessment?
A Compromise Assessment is a service to identify past/present compromises. It is a validation exercise to identify whether you have been breached and includes high-level testing across security controls to identify the likelihood of a breach. If you have been breached, it is our recommendation to trigger your Incident Response process and invoke your Breach Response, potentially with the support of a third-party vendor with forensic capabilities.
A Compromise Assessment can be an add-on to your annual penetration test and is often part of due diligence exercises during any M&A activity. Packetlabs recommends completing a Compromise Assessment before integrating networks with an acquired entity.
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During the test the engineer assigned to our case would notify us of any high-priority findings with detailed explanations of the risks right away. They were also quickly responsive to our emails during the test.