4 Keys To Choosing the Right Pentester

There are several reasons your business may choose to employ a penetration tester. Sometimes, a possible business partner prompts many businesses' first step into penetration testing. This partner demands that you employ a penetration tester to check your team's software security in order to seal a major agreement. As part of the agreement, you will classify the vulnerabilities they discover and address the most significant problems. Other businesses use penetration testing as part of their approach to enhancing security. Perhaps your firm is seeking a substantial investment, expanding its consumer base or considering an acquisition.

Regardless of the rationale, selecting a person to do the penetration test is often unexplored ground; typically, you have a limited amount of time to locate someone.

How can you choose the best pentester fast and at a price that fits your budget? In this post, we'll talk about 4 key ways that will help you find the right pentester.

Use Professional Networking

This piece of advice appears blatantly clear such that it’s listed first. It is also advice that executives forget. Many executives delegate the hunt for a penetration tester. Delegating this activity can alleviate part of your workload, but it is doubtful that your reports have the same professional relationships as theirs. While you generally do not want to lead the assessment of possible testers, it is good to get suggestions from your professional network.

Identifying a tester through your network requires more than just asking who is excellent. Instead, you can use your network to determine the qualifications of a possible hire. For example, the most important talent for a penetration tester is the capacity to speak coherently. After a project, your penetration tester will generate a report; this will include the vulnerabilities discovered by the tester, how they were discovered and their relative severity. A crucial aspect of this study is intended to be understood by both technical employees and business executives. This necessitates the selection of an exceptional communicator.

You can make sure the tester you hire meets the needs of your team by talking to people in your professional network.

Verify Their Certifications

There are only a few penetration testing certificates that hold significant weight. If your pentester holds one (or perhaps more) of these qualifications, you can be certain that they have attained a minimal degree of proficiency. The best security certifications also include an ethical component, which verifies the tester will not use the information they have obtained about your system to compromise it in the future. You absolutely don't want to hire a penetration tester to find holes in your system, only for them to steal your customers' information.

Depending on where you are (and what you're looking for), some credentials tend to stand out in penetration testing. Several noteworthy ones to watch for include:

• The Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSC) certification

• The GIAC Penetration Tester certification

Any tester who has one of these validated certifications will likely perform well for your organization. When deciding between two possible testers, the one having either of these credentials is always the safest option for your organization.

Ensure They Have Professional Experience

Is the Penetration Tester Affiliated with Knowledgeable Information Security Experts?

CyberHunter Solutions is aware that there are several penetration tester choices. Some firms specialize purely in ethical hacking or freelance penetration testers, and then there's us — a company which provides both rigorous penetration testing services plus complete information security assessments. Because we provide both services, we can help you maximize the return on your penetration testing investment.

Uncertain whether legal rules or frameworks mandate penetration testing? Your CyberHunter penetration tester may speak with one of our information security specialists for remedial advice.

Contact CyberHunter online or call us now at (833) 292-4868 for the best pentester services available.