The Cacilian Difference 

Our Penetration Testing platform revolutionizes traditional pen testing. Through our platform, clients gain comprehensive cybersecurity assessment capabilities. This approach puts you directly in charge of scheduling and managing penetration tests, ensuring ongoing vigilance against emerging threats.

To kick off effective testing, we'll need details such as the number and types of applications, URLs, and API endpoints. Specific documentation like API files, mobile app binaries, and access credentials are also crucial. This info helps us tailor our testing approach to your unique environment.

Vulnerability scans are primarily automated, swiftly identifying known security gaps based on existing databases. Penetration tests, however, are in-depth, manual examinations conducted by expert analysts. They delve deeper, uncovering intricate vulnerabilities like logic flaws and other complex issues that automated scans typically miss. Penetration testing provides a comprehensive picture of your security posture beyond surface-level vulnerabilities.

Our pen tests are designed to meet stringent compliance standards across industries. Our testing process identifies and addresses specific requirements, ensuring you're audit-ready.

When we detect severe vulnerabilities that pose immediate threats, our protocol involves promptly notifying your team. This allows for urgent risk mitigation before we finalize and dispatch the comprehensive report. It's all about quick action to keep your assets safe.

While we recommend prioritizing and addressing high-severity issues first, it's not always essential to rectify every finding. Our report will help you understand the risk each vulnerability poses, enabling informed decisions on which to remediate based on your specific business context and risk tolerance. 

Sharing the detailed pen test report outside your organization isn't advisable due to the sensitive and potentially exploitable information it contains. A "Letter of Attestation" is a safer alternative, succinctly confirming the completion of penetration testing without disclosing specifics. This can suffice for most third-party verification needs.

Our goal is to uncover as many vulnerabilities as possible within the scope and timeframe of the test. However, no testing methodology can claim to find 100 percent of vulnerabilities due to the evolving nature of threats and technology. Continuous vigilance and integrating security practices into your development lifecycle remain crucial.

Unlike traditional, one-off penetration tests, our platform offers an ongoing, interactive security service. Our platform-based approach means you can request and manage tests as needed, allowing for more dynamic, responsive security postures than typically static, periodic, traditional tests.

The primary benefits of penetration testing include accelerated discovery and patching of vulnerabilities, more efficient spending compared to traditional methods, access to a team of seasoned cybersecurity experts, and support in meeting various compliance mandates.

We suggest conducting penetration tests at least annually. However, more frequent testing may be necessary depending on factors like the size of your organization, the complexity of your systems, the sensitivity of handled data, and following significant updates or changes to your infrastructure.

Following each testing cycle, you'll receive a detailed report outlining discovered vulnerabilities, coupled with pragmatic recommendations for their remediation. This guidance aids in strategically addressing security weaknesses.

Common findings include misconfigured systems, outdated or unpatched software, use of weak or reused passwords, and gaps in established security controls. Regular pen test engagements ensure that such vulnerabilities are identified and managed effectively, reducing your overall security risk.

Pen tests play a crucial role in maintaining compliance with various regulatory standards. Regular penetration testing ensures that your network and systems are not just secure but also compliant with norms such as SOC 2. The comprehensive reports generated can be instrumental in demonstrating your security stance to auditors and regulatory bodies.

In Authenticated Pen Testing, our testers have authorized user access, allowing them to assess security from an insider's perspective and uncover vulnerabilities that might be exploitable post-authentication. Unauthenticated Pen Testing, however, simulates an external attacker's view, probing the public-facing aspects of your applications without access credentials. Both approaches provide valuable insights into different potential attack vectors.