Many organizations mistakenly believe that their security is impermeable. Indeed, with proper protection, education and agreements, your chances of being threatened will be greatly reduced. The problem, however, is that the world of cybercrime is never static-it is a constantly evolving and expanding behemoth that constantly adapts, innovates, and develops new methods to destroy the safest systems.

Compared to people in entry-level positions, the highest-level people in your company are at a much higher risk of being targeted—especially those who have access to finances, payroll, accounts, and accounts receivable. With only one successful violation, your entire organization's finances will be compromised, which means that not only will your account be liquidated, the livelihoods of employees will be deprived, and your chances of recovery are almost zero.

We know, we know-you might think that now that you have spent a king's ransom on security, your business will be secured. However, the reality is that there may be vulnerabilities in your system that you and your service provider don’t even know about-these vulnerabilities can be exploited within a second and need to be identified before they can be resolved.

"Penetration testing" or penetration testing is an attempt to assess the strength of an IT infrastructure by identifying and exploiting obvious vulnerabilities. Think of it as trying to see how secure your house is by hiring someone to try to break in-we work in the realm of all digital things, not windows, fences, and doors.

This process is usually done through manual or automated techniques that evaluate all your digital components-from servers to endpoints, web applications, networks, devices, and so on. Once established, we can try to use these weaknesses to evaluate how well they perform. In fact, our team of experts can evaluate the security of your entire IT infrastructure in a controlled environment in order to attack, identify, exploit vulnerabilities and guide your brand forward.

To be honest, this sounds like a vulnerability assessment...we got a lot.

We offer special offers in pre-packaged Pentest Lite bundles-your organization can enjoy the huge benefits of extra protection

However, the reality is that the two are completely different. Vulnerability scanning simply uses automated tools to check the environment. After completion, a report will be prepared and provided to the customer, and then life will continue. Granted, these are useful for understanding potential security weaknesses, but penetration testing goes one step further to see if and how to use the weaknesses to gain access in your digital environment.

The whole process simulates an attack (not just tells you your weaknesses) to fully understand how hackers will harm your organization.

Why are we telling you this? Well, our goal at Armata is to bring the usefulness of penetration testing to businesses throughout South Africa—combining our desire to make businesses safer with the need to gain an advantage in the war against cybercrime.

Therefore, we offer special offers in the pre-packaged Pentest Lite bundle, where your organization can enjoy the huge benefits of extra protection.

Our goal is to determine how vulnerable your brand and the people who actually handle your funds are. Our Pentest Lite not only performs all the security assessments listed above, but we explore the concept of social engineering and ask ourselves, "Can I build enough information against your superiors to trick them into paying me?"

In December, we Armata offered a three-day penetration test at a discounted price of R15 000. Usually, a three-day penetration test at full price will get you back to around R30 000. Even better, this amount can be paid in installments within three months, which means that although your business is prepared for a safer long-term future, you can split the cost into a manageable monthly fee to reduce Budget pressure.

You cannot set a price for some things in life, your business security is one of them. Penetration testing allows us to gain insight into cybercriminals (and their thinking) so that your organization will never discover how vulnerable you are. We believe that network security is a right, and all companies should have a chance to struggle-this is why we let you enjoy the greatest protection and the lowest price.

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