Web Application Testing
Web applications are one of the most common types of software in use today. Due to their complexity and ubiquity, web applications represent a unique challenge to the security posture of any organization. Modern web applications handle increasingly sensitive data, so it is important to ensure that they do not introduce significant risk to an organization.
LRQA Nettitude has a large team of CREST-certified penetration testers who specialize in web application penetration testing. The LRQA Nettitude penetration testing team is diverse and contains a wealth of experience in both security and software development. LRQA Nettitude are highly capable of penetrating testing web applications, web services, APIs and more, across an extremely large range of technologies.
For rigorous assurance, LRQA Nettitude recommends testing applications using the methodology set forth in the Application Security Verification Standard (ASVS). This ensures appropriate depth and breadth of testing is achieved when assessing the security posture of your web application.
Benefits of Web Application Testing?
Web applications are the face or product of most organizations, and will continue to be at the core of business operations for the foreseeable future. Web application penetration tests can be complex engagements and require skilled penetration testers to meet the objectives.
- Web application penetration tests seek to identify and address security vulnerabilities before malicious attackers discover them.
- The most serious web application vulnerabilities can expose highly sensitive information or provide unauthorized and unrestricted access to business resources. It is the job of a penetration tester to identify these vulnerabilities and provide comprehensive reporting and remediation advice to help protect the security of your customers.
- Web application tests provide assurance to stakeholders, third-party suppliers or customers that the application is secure.
- Penetration testing can also be a means of achieving compliance with various regulatory frameworks or standards, for example, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
Technical Delivery
Both breadth and depth of findings must be achieved during most engagements. Consequently, LRQA Nettitude uses a combination of manual and automated tools and techniques throughout each engagement. The toolsets used vary from well-configured off-the-shelf software to custom-made tools, depending on the task at hand and system compatibility.
LRQA Nettitude utilises a methodology that moves from initial discovery exercises through to in-depth exploitation:
- Reconnaissance and threat intelligence gathering
- Enumeration
- Vulnerability Discovery
- Exploitation
- Post Exploitation
Once the full attack surface of a web application has been mapped, LRQA Nettitude will proceed to probe for vulnerabilities. Design, implementation and operational vulnerabilities are all analyzed and exploited in a standard web application penetration test. LRQA Nettitude goes far beyond basic lists such as the OWASP Top 10 to ensure that all possible weaknesses are analysed.
Understanding each web application’s functionality from an end user’s perspective is important to LRQA Nettitude and allows flaws that are often missed by others to be uncovered. Each engagement is unique and LRQA Nettitude ensures that priority is given to flaws that directly affect a system’s primary security concerns described by the client organization, ahead of the test.
It is not uncommon for LRQA Nettitude to uncover methods of remote code execution and advanced data exfiltration, even in commercial, off-the-shelf web applications. LRQA Nettitude specializes in identifying application attack chains; it is often the case that the overall impact of a series of flaws is greater than the sum of its parts.
Frequently Asked Questions About Web Application Testing
How Will My Web Application Testing Results Be Delivered?
It is important for each web application penetration test to result in clear and actionable output. LRQA Nettitude will deliver a management report and a technical report at the end of each engagement. The management report is designed to be consumed by a business audience and describes the engagement in terms of risk. The technical report is typically a longer document that describes each of the findings in detail, along with appropriate remedial advice. These reports are subjected to a rigorous quality assurance process before final delivery.
At the request of the client ahead of the engagement, LRQA Nettitude can tailor the web application penetration testing output in a multitude of ways to meet organization-specific requirements.
Will LRQA Nettitude Provide a Debrief of My Results Beforehand?
LRQA Nettitude believes that it is important to ensure that full comprehension of the engagement has been achieved. All web application penetration testing engagements come with a debrief or ‘readout’ as standard. The reports will be delivered in advance of the debrief in order to give time for the organization to digest the content and to formulate any questions or thoughts ahead of time.
Will LRQA Nettitude’s Testers Provide Advice On Discovered Vulnerabilities?
LRQA Nettitude’s web application penetration testers all have robust programming ability and typically have professional developer backgrounds. This ensures that the advice given and the tests performed are useful and relevant.
Importantly, LRQA Nettitude is able to provide robust and actionable remedial advice for all levels of vulnerability. LRQA Nettitude understands that one of the most valuable portions of any engagement is the formulation of remedial and preventive strategies. LRQA Nettitude consultants are on hand, both during and after the engagement, to provide in-depth guidance based on years of unique experience.
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Web Application Testing
Web applications are one of the most common types of software in use today. Due to their complexity and ubiquity, web applications represent a unique challenge to the security posture of any organization.
Modern web applications handle increasingly sensitive data, so it is important to ensure that they do not introduce significant risk to an organization.
LRQA Nettitude has a large team of CREST-certified penetration testers who specialize in web application penetration testing. The LRQA Nettitude penetration testing team is diverse and contains a wealth of experience in both security and software development. LRQA Nettitude are highly capable of penetrating testing web applications, web services, APIs and more, across an extremely large range of technologies.
Benefits of Web Application Testing?
Web applications are the face or product of most organizations, and will continue to be at the core of business operations for the foreseeable future. Web application penetration tests can be complex engagements and require skilled penetration testers to meet the objectives.
- Web application penetration tests seek to identify and address security vulnerabilities before malicious attackers discover them.
- The most serious web application vulnerabilities can expose highly sensitive information or provide unauthorized and unrestricted access to business resources. It is the job of a penetration tester to identify these vulnerabilities and provide comprehensive reporting and remediation advice to help protect the security of your customers.
- Web application tests provide assurance to stakeholders, third-party suppliers or customers that the application is secure.
- Penetration testing can also be a means of achieving compliance with various regulatory frameworks or standards, for example, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
Technical Delivery
Both breadth and depth of findings must be achieved during most engagements. Consequently, LRQA Nettitude uses a combination of manual and automated tools and techniques throughout each engagement. The toolsets used vary from well-configured off-the-shelf software to custom-made tools, depending on the task at hand and system compatibility.
LRQA Nettitude utilises a methodology that moves from initial discovery exercises through to in-depth exploitation:
- Reconnaissance and threat intelligence gathering
- Enumeration
- Vulnerability Discovery
- Exploitation
- Post Exploitation
Once the full attack surface of a web application has been mapped, LRQA Nettitude will proceed to probe for vulnerabilities. Design, implementation and operational vulnerabilities are all analyzed and exploited in a standard web application penetration test. LRQA Nettitude goes far beyond basic lists such as the OWASP Top 10 to ensure that all possible weaknesses are analysed.
Understanding each web application’s functionality from an end user’s perspective is important to LRQA Nettitude and allows flaws that are often missed by others to be uncovered. Each engagement is unique and LRQA Nettitude ensures that priority is given to flaws that directly affect a system’s primary security concerns described by the client organization, ahead of the test.
It is not uncommon for LRQA Nettitude to uncover methods of remote code execution and advanced data exfiltration, even in commercial, off-the-shelf web applications. LRQA Nettitude specializes in identifying application attack chains; it is often the case that the overall impact of a series of flaws is greater than the sum of its parts.
Frequently Asked Questions About Web Application Testing
How Will My Web Application Testing Results Be Delivered?
It is important for each web application penetration test to result in clear and actionable output. LRQA Nettitude will deliver a management report and a technical report at the end of each engagement.
The management report is designed to be consumed by a business audience and describes the engagement in terms of risk. The technical report is typically a longer document that describes each of the findings in detail, along with appropriate remedial advice. These reports are subjected to a rigorous quality assurance process before final delivery.
At the request of the client ahead of the engagement, LRQA Nettitude can tailor the web application penetration testing output in a multitude of ways to meet organization-specific requirements.
Will LRQA Nettitude Provide a Debrief of My Results Beforehand?
LRQA Nettitude believes that it is important to ensure that full comprehension of the engagement has been achieved. All web application penetration testing engagements come with a debrief or ‘readout’ as standard. The reports will be delivered in advance of the debrief in order to give time for the organization to digest the content and to formulate any questions or thoughts ahead of time.
Will LRQA Nettitude’s Testers Provide Advice On Discovered Vulnerabilities?
LRQA Nettitude’s web application penetration testers all have robust programming ability and typically have professional developer backgrounds. This ensures that the advice given and the tests performed are useful and relevant.
Importantly, LRQA Nettitude is able to provide robust and actionable remedial advice for all levels of vulnerability. LRQA Nettitude understands that one of the most valuable portions of any engagement is the formulation of remedial and preventive strategies. LRQA Nettitude consultants are on hand, both during and after the engagement, to provide in-depth guidance based on years of unique experience.
Protect your Organization with LRQA Nettitude’s Award-Winning Cybersecurity Services
Speak to one of our cybersecurity experts now…
