{"id":8201,"date":"2024-07-22T13:27:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T11:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttecs.com\/cyber-security\/services\/penetration-tests\/it-infrastructure\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T14:27:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T12:27:37","slug":"it-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smarttecs.com\/en\/cyber-security\/services\/penetration-tests\/it-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"IT infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8201\" class=\"elementor elementor-8201 elementor-3030\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-333f1af e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"333f1af\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68fa766 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"68fa766\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e594da elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile_extra elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-the7-breadcrumb\" data-id=\"8e594da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"the7-breadcrumb.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"assistive-text\">You are here:<\/div><ol class=\"breadcrumbs text-small rcrumbs\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\"><li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\"><a itemprop=\"item\" href=\"https:\/\/smarttecs.com\/en\/\" title=\"Home\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span><\/a><meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"1\" \/><\/li><li class=\"current\" itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Page<\/span><meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"2\" \/><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4767014 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4767014\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">IT infrastructure<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba7694e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ba7694e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">IT infrastructure testing<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98a6c34 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"98a6c34\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3090cbf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3090cbf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1af3fa3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1af3fa3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>IT infrastructure testing refers to the investigation of software systems and IT landscapes at network level from the perspective of a malicious actor.<\/p>\n<p>The simulation of malicious activities to identify vulnerabilities is carried out via the public Internet or from a company&#8217;s internal network and includes, for example, the investigation of network components (e.g. servers, routers or firewalls), network protocols and network services (e.g. Active Directory, SSH, SNMP, IMAP) or remote maintenance and network access (e.g. VPN access) as well as protective measures at network level (e.g. network segmentation). <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53e7680 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"53e7680\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-152ca63 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"152ca63\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c423af4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c423af4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why penetration testing?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9668df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a9668df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Due to the ongoing digitalization of business processes in particular, more and more business-critical areas are accessible via the public internet. Adequate protection against malicious attackers is therefore important in order to avoid potential technical and financial damage (e.g. due to data loss, restriction of availability). <\/p>\n<p>With the help of <em>IT infrastructure testing<\/em>, vulnerabilities within a network can be identified by simulating malicious activities in order to determine existing security risks for applications and their users. By recommending specific measures to eliminate identified vulnerabilities, the software quality in the area of IT security can be increased and adequate protection against successful attacks can be guaranteed. <\/p>\n<p>In general, security tests can be used to check the following protection goals [1] according to the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI):<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0161ba0 content-align-left icon-box-vertical-align-top icon-position-left icon-vertical-align-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-the7_icon_box_grid_widget\" data-id=\"0161ba0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"the7_icon_box_grid_widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the7-box-grid-wrapper the7-elementor-widget loading-effect-none the7_icon_box_grid_widget-0161ba0\">\t\t\t<div class=\"dt-css-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wf-cell shown\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the7-icon-box-grid\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon-div\" aria-label=\"Confidentiality\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"box-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"Confidentiality\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tConfidentiality\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-description\">\u201cConfidentiality is the protection against unauthorized disclosure of information. Confidential data and information may only be accessible to authorized persons in the permitted manner.\u201d <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wf-cell shown\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the7-icon-box-grid\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon-div\" aria-label=\"Integrity\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"box-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"Integrity\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIntegrity\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-description\">\u201cIntegrity means ensuring the correctness (integrity) of data and the correct functioning of systems.\u201d<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wf-cell shown\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the7-icon-box-grid\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon-div\" aria-label=\"Availability\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"box-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"Availability\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAvailability\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-description\">The availability of services, functions of an IT system, IT applications or IT networks or even information is ensured if these can always be used by users as intended.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-567a758 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"567a758\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-430a92e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"430a92e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab13325 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ab13325\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Goal<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d70dc4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d70dc4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The aim of the test activities generally consists of the following three points:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-962cc17 content-align-left icon-box-vertical-align-top icon-position-left icon-vertical-align-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-the7_icon_box_grid_widget\" data-id=\"962cc17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"the7_icon_box_grid_widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the7-box-grid-wrapper the7-elementor-widget loading-effect-none the7_icon_box_grid_widget-962cc17\">\t\t\t<div class=\"dt-css-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wf-cell shown\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the7-icon-box-grid\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon-div\" aria-label=\"Identification of existing weak points\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"box-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"Identification of existing weak points\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIdentification of existing weak points\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-description\">and misconfigurations within the application system or the IT landscape.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wf-cell shown\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the7-icon-box-grid\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon-div\" aria-label=\"Recommendation of suitable measures\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"box-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"Recommendation of suitable measures\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRecommendation of suitable measures\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-description\">to eliminate vulnerabilities in order to increase the resistance of the IT infrastructure to potential internal and external attackers.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wf-cell shown\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the7-icon-box-grid\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon-div\" aria-label=\"Determination of the safety level\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"box-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"Determination of the safety level\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDetermination of the safety level\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-description\">of the IT infrastructure at the time of test execution based on the test results.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b74c81 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9b74c81\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b181830 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b181830\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6878d78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6878d78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">General test methodology<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-428959f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"428959f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our test methodology in <em>IT infrastructure testing<\/em> is based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsi.bund.de\/SharedDocs\/Downloads\/DE\/BSI\/Publikationen\/Studien\/Penetrationstest\/penetrationstest.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">implementation concept for penetration tests<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsi.bund.de\/SharedDocs\/Downloads\/DE\/BSI\/Grundschutz\/Kompendium\/IT_Grundschutz_Kompendium_Edition2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IT baseline protection compendium<\/a> of the BSI and the procedure of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pentest-standard.org\/index.php\/Main_Page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Penetration Execution Standard (PTES)<\/a>. The specific test activities are adapted according to the agreed customer objective and the technical conditions. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51d212f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"51d212f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11f7844 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"11f7844\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67377fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"67377fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Next Steps<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ee0304 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ee0304\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Once the study has been completed, there are various starting points for effectively continuing the previous analysis. A selection of sensible options can be put together individually during the consultation depending on the customer&#8217;s objective, wishes and results.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f92df1 content-align-left icon-box-vertical-align-top icon-position-left icon-vertical-align-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-the7_icon_box_grid_widget\" data-id=\"2f92df1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"the7_icon_box_grid_widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the7-box-grid-wrapper the7-elementor-widget loading-effect-none the7_icon_box_grid_widget-2f92df1\">\t\t\t<div class=\"dt-css-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wf-cell shown\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the7-icon-box-grid\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon-div\" aria-label=\"Further test activities at network level\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"box-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"Further test activities at network level\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFurther test activities at network level\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-description\">If previous penetration tests were not able to sufficiently examine all areas of the network, it is possible to extend them to other network areas.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wf-cell shown\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the7-icon-box-grid\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon-div\" aria-label=\"Web application and web service penetration testing\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"box-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"Web application and web service penetration testing\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWeb application and web service penetration testing\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-description\">The previous test activities can be focused on individual application systems within the network in order to carry out a more application-specific analysis of the security risk.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wf-cell shown\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the7-icon-box-grid\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon-div\" aria-label=\"Security consulting\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"box-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"Security consulting\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSecurity consulting\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-description\">General or application-specific topics in the area of IT security, best practices or know-how for raising awareness or for solution approaches can be communicated on the basis of knowledge gained and identified vulnerabilities.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wf-cell shown\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the7-icon-box-grid\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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level.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c3e759 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c3e759\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5e4976 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d5e4976\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a56ba9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a56ba9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sources<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-375a33e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"375a33e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>[1] Federal Office for Information Security,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsi.bund.de\/DE\/Themen\/Unternehmen-und-Organisationen\/Standards-und-Zertifizierung\/IT-Grundschutz\/IT-Grundschutz-Kompendium\/it-grundschutz-kompendium_node.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IT-Grundschutz-Kompendium<\/a>\u00a0(Edition 2023)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sie befinden sich hier: Start Seite IT 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