Before the advent of the Internet, the biggest security concern facing a business was theft of its merchandize.

In today’s world, as with all other things, that threat has shifted online. Almost all modern businesses rely heavily on computers and computer networks, which are susceptible to cyber attacks.

In this regard, network security is now of paramount importance. Corporations like Microsoft and NASA rely heavily on innovation, and so would not want information about their projects to fall into the wrong hands.

Small businesses are facing a similar issue. Piracy, information theft, and privacy spoofing are becoming more and more common, which has lead to many businesses shifting from in-house network security to the more organized and stable managed security services.

Managed security service is network security that is outsourced to a third party. It helps alleviate a lot of the problems of in-house security, such as resource constraints, targeted malware, and skill shortages.

As an emerging business in the Middle East, your company is always under threat from local competitors looking to get any edge they can over your products/services. This is especially true for businesses looking to innovate in niche markets.

Cyber attacks could compromise the security of these businesses, and result in leaked information which would set the company back millions of dollars in leaked research and potentially incur major losses in lost sales.

Before you shift your network security to managed security services Qatar, consider conducting a penetration test on your network first, to see where the vulnerabilities lie.

Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing, or Pen Testing for short, is the systematic attempt at evaluating the security of a computer system or network to find vulnerabilities that could be exploited by an attacker.

Penetration tests can be performed either manually or through automated software. The end goal is to safely find vulnerabilities and threats to the system, both from the outside and the inside.

Once a threat has been identified, it is exploited repeatedly to gain access to electronic assets, and to sensitive information within the network at increasingly higher levels of security clearance.

These vulnerabilities are then reported back to the network system managers so that all the required steps may be taken to ensure the network is safer for all future use.

The primary purpose of this exercise is to identify any exploitable threats in the network infrastructure, and evaluate what consequences a network breach would have on the company’s assets and operations.

Pen Testing has numerous benefits:

• All vulnerabilities in the system can be intelligently managed based on their significance;
• It allows you to protect customer data, thereby insuring customer loyalty;
• It saves your business from incurring the potentially massive losses associated with network breaches.

For penetration testing Dubai is a great place to look thanks to the wide variety of options and skilled professionals available within the city.