Networks and Infrastructure
"33% of initial infection vectors were the result of exploited vulnerabilities. These were primarily vulnerabilities in internet exposed VPN and firewall devices. Attackers scanning the internet identified and exploited these devices before, in many cases, exfiltrating data and deploying ransomware."
- Mandiant M-Trends 2025 Report
Network infrastructure forms the backbone of business operations, enabling communication, collaboration, and service delivery across your organisation. Our testing evaluates how network security supports business resilience and operational continuity. We assess networks using real-world attack scenarios to understand risks to business-critical services. Check out our blog post on cost saving for external penetration testing. Realize Security is unique in offering report-only costing for external infrastructure testing. You won't be charged while we wait for scans and information gathering to complete.
Network assessments provide strategic insights into how infrastructure security impacts business capabilities, ensuring continuous delivery of critical business services while identifying risks that could disrupt operations.
- What systems are exposed or vulnerable to attack and to what degree are they exposed?
- The security posture of your servers and workstations is important. We will assess your assets and provide you with a report on any vulnerabilities that we find and the risk they pose to your business.
- The assessment will typically target all devices accessible on the target network including servers, workstation, IoT devices and user accounts. However this can be tailored to your requirements and the scope expanded or reduced as required.
- Active Directory (AD) is the backbone of many organisations, and is often the first target of an attacker. It is important to ensure that your AD environment is secure, and that you have the appropriate controls in place to prevent an attacker from taking over your domain.
- What could a malicious insider or an attacker do once they have breached your network?
- We will look for misconfigurations that could be exploited by an attacker.
- These issues are typical in large or even small estates where there is a lack of understanding as to the implication of security groups, permissions, and other AD settings.
Resources
- Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual (OSSTMM)
- Best Practices for Securing Active Directory
Our Mission
To provide continuous external attack surface visibility and expert penetration testing services that enable organisations to proactively defend against cyber threats.