QUADRON PENETRATION TESTING AND VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
اختبارات الثغرات وتقييم نقاط الضعف
QUADRON PENETRATION TESTING AND VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
اختبارات الثغرات وتقييم نقاط الضعف
Find Weaknesses Before Attackers Do
Need clarity on your security posture, help navigating regulatory requirements, or assurance that a recent incident is fully contained and won’t happen again? Quadron’s Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing services help you tackle these security challenges, offering insights and prioritised recommendations to keep your systems secure, resilient, and compliant.
What is VAPT?
Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) combine two complementary security procedures to identify vulnerabilities, assess their impact, and guide organisations in mitigating them.
- Vulnerability Assessment (VA) maps known vulnerabilities within your environment to determine if, how, and under what conditions they affect your systems.
- Penetration Testing (PT) applies attacker techniques to:
- assess how easily weaknesses could be exploited and to measure the extent and impact of potential breaches
- find complex flaws in design, implementation, business logic or your specific infrastructure that cannot be identified by automated tools (and yes, not even by ‘AI-powered’ testing tools)
Together, they offer a comprehensive picture of your system’s security posture, supporting risk reduction, operational continuity, and compliance with industry regulations.
What is VAPT?
Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) combine two complementary security procedures to identify vulnerabilities, assess their impact, and guide organisations in mitigating them.
- Vulnerability Assessment (VA) maps known vulnerabilities within your environment to determine if, how, and under what conditions they affect your systems.
- Penetration Testing (PT) applies attacker techniques to:
- assess how easily weaknesses could be exploited and to measure the extent and impact of potential breaches
- find complex flaws in design, implementation, business logic or your specific infrastructure that cannot be identified by automated tools (and yes, not even by ‘AI-powered’ testing tools)
Together, they offer a comprehensive picture of your system’s security posture, supporting risk reduction, operational continuity, and compliance with industry regulations.
Why Choose Quadron VAPT?
Skilled Gulf Region and EU-based professionals
High-quality, easy-to-understand reports
Easily integrable remediation recommendations
Steps of Our Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) Process:
- Preparation: Understanding the client’s systems, requirements, and expectations to gain a precise and comprehensive overview of the targeted assets.
- Assessment: Conducting a vulnerability assessment, followed by penetration testing, where the pentester simulates real attack vectors both manually and using automated tools.
- Remediation Recommendations: A detailed report is compiled, outlining discovered vulnerabilities and providing actionable recommendations to strengthen system security.
- Verification: Upon request, the pentester verifies whether the implemented fixes have effectively eliminated the identified vulnerabilities
What We Test
We adhere to widely accepted industry methodologies and can, upon request, perform and document the client-specific methodology. While our assessments cover a comprehensive set of elements, the following highlights some of the key areas we test:
Web Applications
- OWASP Web application methodology
- Input validation and sanitisation
- Session management weaknesses
- Horizontal and vertical privilege escalation vulnerabilities
- Business logic vulnerabilities
APIs
- Endpoint security flaws
- Improper authentication and authorisation
- Insecure data exposure
- Business logic abuse scenarios
- API misconfigurations and injection vectors
Mobile Applications
Front-end: Attack vectors on mobile device
- Local storage/secrets
- Local authentication (including biometrics)
- Sensitive data disclosure
- Inter-app leaks
Back-end:
- API testing
Thick Clients (Binary Desktop Applications)
Client-side: Attack vectors on the desktop application
- Binary analysis and tampering
- Local storage and credential exposure
- Insecure APIs and inter-process communication (IPC)
Back-end:
- API testing
Networks
- Asset enumeration and vulnerability scanning (unauthenticated or authenticated, depending on scope)
- Open ports, exposed services, misconfigurations and insecure protocols
- Outdated software, weak encryption and insecure remote access (e.g., VPN, RDP)
- Credential attacks, privilege escalation and lateral movement
- Internal & external infrastructure, network segmentation, perimeter defences
Related services: Firewall configuration and ruleset review, segmentation testing, system hardening, and compliance checks
Deliverables
Technical Reports
For each Statement of Work (SoW) item, we provide both high-level and detailed technical findings, making our reports suitable for all parties involved—from auditors and leadership to IT, development, and operations teams.
Vulnerability Assessment Reports
Scope: Detailed listing of in-scope assets, testing circumstances, and out-of-scope items or activities.
Key Findings by Topic: Each IP address’s repeated findings are consolidated into a single section for easier review.
Detailed Outputs: Tool-generated outputs available in PDF as well as machine-readable formats (e.g., CSV), or other required formats for easy import into your vulnerability management platform.
Penetration Testing Reports
Scope & Context: Identification of the system, target scope, agreed out-of-scope items, and description of the testing environment and circumstances. This also includes agreed specific aspects, worst-case scenarios, or critical assets that require special focus during testing.
Methodology: Description of the testing approach to ensure completeness (“find all vulnerabilities”)
High-Level Summary of Findings:
- graphs of critical/high/medium/low risks
- key risks and mitigation actions
- potential business impact
- compliance considerations
Detailed Findings:
Each vulnerability is risk-rated according to a pre-agreed methodology aligned with your internal risk rating system, helping prioritise it against other vulnerabilities.
- Description of the testing steps and findings, with evidence such as screenshots and sample code
- Potential business impact if exploited
- Recommended remediation steps
- References, vendor guidance, or cheat sheets for developers or sysadmins where applicable
Combined Executive Summary
When multiple reports are delivered (one per SoW scope item), we provide a consolidated executive summary that gives leadership a clear, high-level view, highlighting:
- Key risks and potential business impact
- Compliance considerations
Prioritised high-level recommendations
Compliance Coverage
Quadron’s VAPT services are designed to support your organisation’s compliance with both regional and global cybersecurity standards, including:
- ECC (Emirates Cybersecurity Council)
- CBK (Central Bank of Kuwait Cybersecurity Guidelines)
- National Cyber Security Authority)
- PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard)
- ISO/IEC 27001 (Information Security Management)
- NIST Cybersecurity Framework
Proven Results: What Others Overlook, We Expose
- Misconfigurations exposing sensitive data or systems
- Unknown privilege escalation methods
- Business logic flaws, such as maker-checker (4-eyes-principle), race conditions, insecure direct object reference, predictable unique ID enumeration, and server-side request forgery
If your last security test reported “just a few minor issues,” it might be time for a second opinion.