Contrary to attacking the vulnerability of the software directly, attackers are interested in exploiting the opportunity of intercepting data in motion. Hackers are interested in gaining administrative privileges, breaking the web application security. Although, you might have a very secure system, a complicated attacker can steal your data without attacking your secure system! Conducting regular pen tests on your applications are very helpful in attaining a reliable vulnerability assessment of the security of your applications. Here are some ways to know how security of your system is compromised:

File Transfers: Traditional attacks involved exploiting vulnerabilities of the FTP server software. Though, in tactical approach, hackers focus on the data transfer: the opportunity of actual transfer in process. Traditional network security is unable to protect such attacks, pen tests proves more than handful here as they cover all the possible ways an attack can occur.

Attacking DNS Services: With moderate network security level, most DNS servers are unable to protect server from unauthorized zones. Though, in tactical approach, attackers use brute force on possible domains and host names to decide whether those entries exist.

Mail Services: Unencrypted email can be read easily when it’s making its way to your friend’s inbox. A typical mail system is composed of one or more relay systems, some form of anti-virus, the real mail server itself and finally the user’s email client. Traditionally, hackers focused only on the middle systems; though, in strategic approach they target the mail clients also.

There are several network vulnerability assessments in host that appear harmless in traditional security vulnerability assessment because of their low severity rating. Though, these often lead to severe vulnerabilities in a system. Hackers are rapidly exploiting this opportunity. Security managers focus on removing high threat vulnerabilities leaving this low threat ones open – falsely assuming that they pose bit or no threat at all!

Iviz Security provides customized and reliable network vulnerability assessment and security vulnerability assessment that will save your server from hackers and other security threats.

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