PENETRATION TESTING

MCS Security is a pure Penetration Testing (Pentest) security vulnerability and assessment firm. Many of our clients do not only recognized us as a penetration testing firm but instead as their trusted cybersecurity partner. As the leading cybersecurity consulting firm in Botswana and Africa at large, we provide cybersecurity solutions that assist our clients in improving their information security infrastructures, and our objective in-depth security testing methodologies differentiate us from the rest in this industry.

Since we entirely focus on the provision of penetration testing solutions that assist our clients in staying ahead of malicious hackers through vulnerability assessment, the MCS Security penetration testing approach is mainly considered as objective and neutral. It is the main reason why our client always acknowledges us as their trusted cybersecurity advisors and penetration testing partner.

MCS Security Real Penetration Test (Pen Testing)

MCS Security penetration testing services focus on real security and compliance issues that put critical information assets at risk within organizations. If our penetration testing security experts discover a vulnerability, then we perform more tests to gather more information to identify any potential security flaws and fix them before exploited by malicious hackers. Consequently, we ensure that we only perform penetration testing once we understand our client's business operations so that when we discover any security issues, we know whether they are of high or low risk to your business environment.

Penetration testing effort should not only focus on the information report generated by the automated security tools. MCS Security methodologies are a fully hybrid combination of business processes and technical modeling approach. Therefore only Vulnerabilities that matter most to our clients will get prioritized and reported on time before exploited by hackers targeting their organization.

Why Perform Penetration Testing with MCS Security?

It is significant for any organization, despite its size and industry, to engage a penetration testing firm such as MCS Security to assist them in identifying vulnerabilities within their organizations to enable them to stay ahead of malicious attackers. The following are various reason why organizations should perform penetration testing with us;

Staying ahead of Malicious Hackers: Our penetration testing security experts will assist you in assessing security vulnerabilities within your digital assets and fixing them before exploited by hackers. Ultimately MCS Security will provide step by step advisory guidance to tackle such weaknesses and enhance your business information security using our proven methodologies.

Methodologies: Unlike the typical penetration testing approach followed by many, we do not limit our security assessment to standard mythologies such as Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual (OSSTMM), Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), and NIST. MCS Security approach includes the security risk tolerance of the organization and overall critical business security best practices. MCS Security, with more than a decade of experience in real-life cybersecurity incidents handling and digital forensics. Our clients can trust our penetration testing methodologies, which will always assist you with all security information that matters to keep you safe from malicious hackers.

Cost-Effective: We understand that most organizations do not prioritize penetration testing only upon required by a regulator or governing body. There is nothing wrong with that, but in today's digital markets of the internet of things (IoT), penetration testing is the critical element for secure business operations. In our niche, we can assure you that our penetration testing services prices are comfortably smack dab in the middle. But our penetration objective, assessment, and quality are incomparable.

Backed by Solid Track Records: MCS Security is the First Botswana Company to be licensed by EC Council to perform Penetration Testing Services. Our professional cybersecurity experts have performed numerous penetration testing for our various clients, including financial institutions, eCommerce retailers, government agencies, and essential public bodies, using the methods and tools of a potential hacker. Over the years, MCS Security specialized penetration testing service has become a successful integral part of the information security management process for many organizations in our region. Our penetration testing experts regularly work on security assessments projects with various financial institutions and government agencies to ensure that their information assets are appropriately secured to reduce potential security risks exposure and assist them in being proactive in identifying security vulnerabilities.MCS Security pen testers typically have over ten years of real-life penetration testing experience from the various successful project we have delivered to our clients over the years. Our team consists of qualified individuals holding reputable certificates, including CHFI, CISSP, CEH, CPTE, and other certifications. Through our proven penetration testing methodologies, MCS Security has become the leading penetration testing firm in Botswana and Africa, guiding our clients in building more robust secure network infrastructures.

WEB APPLICATION PENETRATION TESTING

MCS Security offers a comprehensive penetration testing security risk assessment solution to assist our clients in being ahead of web application attacks by identifying, analyzing, and reporting vulnerabilities in a given web application. We adopt a reliable technology and process-based approach to identify critical security issues in the web application using the well-documented methodology in the underlying environment.

Why Web Application Penetration Testing?

According to InfoSec Report, about 75% of major attacks in today’s cyberspace occurs mainly in the application level. A Kaspersky survey states that “most hackers are targeting applications because they are much easier to compromise than the network layer applications.” Despite the usage of high-security technical defense mechanisms such as firewalls and intrusion detection systems (IDS), attackers still pose serious threat exploiting applications without been detected.

Methodologies

MCS Security web application penetration testing security assessment methodology adheres to international security standards such as Open Source Web Application Security Project (OWASP). We also perform customized security assessment tests based on business and technology processes; the entire web penetration testing is performed by our certified security experts.

Our penetration testing engineers focus on performing detailed security risk assessment on critical vulnerabilities identified and assign scoring systems based on CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) on to the findings so as to differentiate significant, moderate, and low risks accordingly carefully. This unique approach in web application security assessment differentiates MCS Security from other vendors in this field.

Benefits

Our web application penetration testing service offers significant benefits to our clients as it provides in-depth security risk analysis on a given web application, which can be used to reduce potential security threats that can be easily exploited by malicious hackers. Furthermore, the identified vulnerabilities are highlighted to enables our clients to make necessary security adjustment decisions to tackle any security threats ahead of the attackers. The benefits of conducting web application security assessments give our clients peace of mind that assures secure business continuity.

Testimonials

Over the years, MCS Security web application security assessment has significantly contributed as an integral part of the information security framework for various organizations such as major financial intuitions and eCommerce retailers in the region. Our security experts continuously work closely with these organizations to ensure that their web applications are secured through penetration testing performed to identify vulnerabilities proactively and minimize potential security threats. Our unique web application security assessment approach has become a significant guiding principle methodology adapted by our clients to build more secure and robust web applications.