Web Application Penetration Testing SERVICES
Our web application penetration testing services are designed to help you uncover and address vulnerabilities in your web applications, whether they are cloud-hosted, based on traditional 3-tier architectures, or anything in between.
What you'll get:
- Executive Summary: Outlining risk management implications
- Technical Report: Detailling vulnerabilities in your web application
- Recommendations: Walkthrough on how to fix identified vulnerabilities
- Expert Guidance: Actions plan to improve your web application security
- Attestation: To meet compliance requirements (SOC2, ISO27001, etc.)
What is Web Application Penetration Testing?
Vumetric is one of the leading providers of penetration testing services, renowned for our ability to address a broad spectrum of cybersecurity challenges.
Our Web Application Pen Testing Services, a key component of our comprehensive security testing solutions, are specifically designed to identify and mitigate unique cyber threats. By simulating real-world hacking techniques, we identify vulnerabilities in your application and offer actionable countermeasures. In today’s digital ecosystem, web applications have become more complex and integral to business operations. As a result, they present an appealing target for cyber adversaries. Custom-designed, proprietary, and increasingly intricate web applications introduce complex and diverse security risks. That’s where our specialized expertise comes into play; we go beyond traditional application security assessments to protect against business logic flaws and advanced technical vulnerabilities.
With the tightening of compliance standards like PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, and SOC 2, the cybersecurity landscape is evolving to place more emphasis on web application security. These standards often include application-level security controls, adding another layer of requirements for organizations to navigate. Our Web Application Penetration Testing help you achieve compliance efficiently, ensuring that your business operates securely and within regulatory boundaries.
Why Should you Perform a Web Application Penetration Test?
- Unique security risks
Web apps are often built with unique designs, and this uniqueness can sometimes create security loopholes. These loopholes could allow hackers to manipulate your web application and access sensitive information. - Ongoing updates and security management
Keeping your web application updated is essential, but every new patch or feature can also bring new vulnerabilities. It’s crucial to balance these ongoing updates with rigorous security checks. - Navigating rising cybersecurity standards
As industries evolve, so do cybersecurity standards. Nowadays, many of these standards require penetration testing to ensure your web application meets the latest security guidelines. - Adaptation to evolving threats and exploits
Cyber threats are constantly evolving, becoming more sophisticated every day. Penetration testing helps you adapt by identifying how well your web application can withstand these new challenges.
How Will Web App Pen testing Help Secure my Web Applications?
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Uncover hidden vulnerabilities
Discover and fix hidden vulnerabilities, including issues with the internal logic of your web application. Put up strong defenses against common web-based attacks like Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), SQL Injection attacks, and Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF).
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Simulate the latest application hacking techniques
Simulate modern hacking methods to see how well your web application can withstand today’s advanced cyber threats. This helps ensure you’re prepared for increasingly sophisticated attacks.
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Benchmark with industry-leading security standards
Evaluate your security measures against renowned frameworks like OWASP and MITRE to ensure your defenses meet or exceed industry standards.
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Implement effective security measures
Receive in-depth guidance on the security measures you need to protect your web application. Armed with these insights, you can make informed decisions to bolster your cyber defenses.
What Will be Assessed During a Web Application Penetration Test?
- Business Logic
Evaluating the app’s workflow, functionalities, and data processing methods to identify potential security flaws. - API Interactions
Assessing the interactions with APIs, including request/response handling and error management. - Authentication Mechanisms
Testing authentication processes, session management, and access controls for vulnerabilities against unauthorized access. - Data Storage and Transmission
Analyzing measures for data storage and transmission, ensuring encryption standards are robust against unauthorized access or leaks. - Hosting Infrastructure
Reviewing the security of web servers, databases, and cloud configurations where your web application resides to identify potential vulnerabilities. - And More
Including error handling, user input validation, third-party security measures, and other crucial factors.
What are the Benefits of Conducting
Web Application Penetration Testing?
Conducting web application security testing is an essential step of the development cycle of your Web Apps.
Enhanced Application Security
Boost web security by mitigating vulnerabilities like SQL injection, ensuring uninterrupted service.
Achieve Compliance
Successfully meet compliance requirements as efficiently as possible (Insurance, SOC 2, PCI, ISO 27001, etc.)
Strategic Security Investment
Optimize security investments by focusing on critical risks, ensuring higher ROI.
Reduced Cyber Risk
Identify and address vulnerabilities to minimize breach risks, preventing legal penalties and reputation damage.
Improved Development Practices
Improve development methodologies to integrate security from the start, leading to more secure web apps.
Increased Risk Visibility
Gain a deep understanding of your risks and inform management on the current state of your Web Application's security.
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Why Manual Testing Complements Automated Web App Pen Testing
Automated testing solutions are a good start, but only allow for partial vulnerabilities coverage. To ensure robust application security, manual testing is required. Here are examples of critical vulnerabilities only identified through manual testing:
Business logic flaws
These vulnerabilities occur when an attacker manipulates the application’s logic to achieve unintended results. Due to the application-specific nature of these flaws, Automated vulnerability scanners often struggle to detect them, making manual web application pentest is crucial for identifying and mitigating these risks.
Privilege escalation
This vulnerability enables attackers to elevate their access level from a lower privilege to a higher one, gaining unauthorized access to sensitive data or functionality. Automated tools might not be effective in identifying customized implementations, making manual testing a necessary component.
Access control bypass
This vulnerability occurs when an attacker gains unauthorized access to restricted resources by bypassing access control mechanisms. As automated tools may not catch all instances of access control bypass, manual testing is vital to uncover these risks.
Authorization bypass
A vulnerability that allows an attacker to circumvent the authorization process to gain access to restricted resources without proper permissions. Automated scanners might not be able to detect complex bypass scenarios, which is why manual testing is essential.
Non-authenticated access
A vulnerability that allows unauthorized users to gain access to protected resources without providing valid authentication credentials. Automated scanning tools may have difficulty detecting specific scenarios in which authentication is bypassed, highlighting the need for manual testing.
Session management flaws
This vulnerability is related to the improper handling of user sessions, making it possible for attackers to hijack or manipulate user sessions. Automated scanning tools may not be sufficient for finding vulnerabilities in every possible session management issue, making consistent manual testing necessary for accurate identification.
Read our comprehensive article detailing the main shortcomings of automated application testing solutions and their use cases.
OWASP Testing Methodology
Our tests combine both automatic and in-depth manual penetration testing techniques. We use the OWASP standard as a baseline for our testing methodology in order to identify vulnerabilities unique to each application.
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Sensitive data exposure
- Unvalidated redirects and forwards
- Components with vulnerabilities
- Missing function level access control
- Injection flaws
- Security misconfiguration
- Insecure Direct Object Reference
- Cross-site request forgery
- Authentification and session management
Vumetric Web Application Penetration Testing Process
If your organization has not gone through a webapp penetration test before, you may not know what to expect. Even if you have, maybe you are wondering what Vumetric’ stages of penetration testing are. Here is a high-level break down of each step of our proven process:
Project Scoping
Duration: ~ 1-2 days
Activities: We learn about your specific needs and objectives.
Outcome: Business proposal, signed contract.
Kick-off / Planning
Duration: ~ 1 hour
Activities: We review the scope of work, discuss requirements and planning.
Outcome: Scope validation, test planning.
Penetration Testing
Duration: ~ 2-3 weeks
Activities: We execute the test in accordance with the project scope.
Outcome: Detailed penetration test report, presentation.
Remediation Testing
Duration: Up to 1 month
Activities: We test and validate vulnerability fixes.
Outcome: Remediation report, attestation.
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FAQ About Web Application Penetration Testing
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How often should a Web Application penetration testing be performed?
Web application pen test should ideally be performed at least annually to ensure consistent security against evolving threats. Additionally, it’s recommended to conduct a pen test after any significant changes or updates to the application or its hosting infrastructure, as new features, integrations or modifications can introduce new unknown vulnerabilities.
Will this test allow us to meet compliance requirements?
Our Web Application penetration tests helps several organizations of all types meet compliance requirements every year by identifying vulnerabilities that need remediation. Once remediation testing is completed (free of charges, without any additional cost), we provide an official attestation confirming that vulnerabilities have been remediated, helping organizations meet compliance requirements efficiently.
What is the cost of web application penetration testing?
The cost of a penetration test varies significantly based on the scope of the assessment.
In the case of Web App penetration testing, the complexity of the application is the primary factor that influences pricing.
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Is remediation testing (re-test) included in your Web App pentests?
Yes, re-tests are included at no additional charges in each of our Web App pentesting projects to help organizations meet compliance requirements and successfully improve their Web application security, maximizing the return on their investment. After implementing our recommended mitigations and fixes, we undertake a re-test of all the critical and high-risk vulnerabilities identified initially, ensuring they have been adequately mitigated and no longer pose a danger to the organization.
Which methodologies do you follow?
As a leading provider in application security testing, we adhere to globally recognized standards and methodologies. We leverage the OWASP Top 10 to help our clients secure their Web App against the most damaging vulnerabilities found in modern applications, including complex business logic flaws. Beyond that, we also utilize the MITRE ATT&CK framework to comprehensively test the Web App’s security against the latest hacking techniques and strategies. This approach ensures that your application is fortified against attempts to breach modern Web Apps, tamper with critical functions, or access and steal sensitive data.
Is the testing process disruptive to operations?
Our testing methodologies are designed to minimize disruptions. The overwhelming majority of our projects are entirely unnoticeable for our clients. We understand the importance of maintaining operational continuity, and as such, we coordinate closely with your team to ensure minimal operational impact during the testing process when an assessment may cause any impact on in-production systems.
TECHNOLOGIES
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Why Choose Vumetric For Web Application Penetration Testing?
Proven
Methodologies
Our testing methodologies are based on industry best practices and standards.
ExperiencedTeam
Our team of certified experts conducts more than 400 pentest projects annually.
ActionableResults
We provide quality reports with actionable recommendations to fix identified vulnerabilities.
Industry Leaders Count on Vumetric to Improve Their Cybersecurity
Our team’s expertise is widely recognized in the industry and helps protect organizations of all types against evolving threats by addressing modern security risks, raising awareness, and promoting the latest standards.
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