Security testing

Putting your cyber resilience to the test

In today's increasingly digital landscape, cybersecurity threats are a major concern for businesses of all sizes. Cyber-attacks are becoming more advanced, complex, and constantly evolving, posing significant risks to organisations worldwide. It's crucial for companies to stay informed and take proactive measures to protect themselves against these threats.

Some of the common cyber threats that businesses face include ransomware attacks, insider threats, supply chain vulnerabilities, and cloud security risks.

  • Ransomware attacks are becoming more frequent and advanced and can hold your company's data hostage until a ransom is paid.
  • Insider threats, including accidental and intentional data breaches, can cause significant damage to your business.
  • Supply chain vulnerabilities can expose your business to cyber threats that originate outside of your organization. This includes threats from/to your vendors, partners, and other third-party providers.
  • As more companies move their data and applications to the cloud, it is essential to prioritise cloud security to ensure that sensitive data remains protected from cyber threats.

How our security testing services can help you

At PwC Singapore, we offer advanced cyber security testing services that help organisations to identify and mitigate risks. Our testing services keep pace with the constantly evolving threat landscape, and our experienced cyber security professionals use the latest techniques and technologies to provide comprehensive and customised testing solutions. Whether it's for regulatory compliance or proactive risk management, we offer a range of services to help organisations of all sizes stay ahead of cyber threats and safeguard their critical assets.

Penetration testing

Our penetration testing service is tailored to meet your specific needs and requirements. We help you identify and mitigate vulnerabilities and weaknesses in your applications, infrastructure/ network and cloud. Our team of experienced penetration testers utilises a systematic methodology that follows industry standards and best practices, including planning, reconnaissance, vulnerability identification, exploitation and reporting. This helps us identify a comprehensive range of attack vectors, such as injection flaws, network misconfigurations and unauthorised access. After penetration testing is completed, we provide a comprehensive report that includes a list of identified vulnerabilities/ misconfigurations, their severity and practical recommendations for remediation.

We utilise a systematic penetration testing methodology following industry standards and best practices

This uncovers a comprehensive range of attack vectors, such as

Vulnerability assessment

Vulnerability assessment identifies potential vulnerabilities and weaknesses in computer networks, systems, and applications to prevent attacks. Supported by automated tools, our expert teams leverage a vulnerability assessment methodology that follows industry standards and best practices, and covers a wide range of vulnerabilities. After completing the assessment, we summarise the identified vulnerabilities in a report and propose strategies to ensure the security of your networks, systems and applications.

Source code review

Source code review identifies potential vulnerabilities and weaknesses in the source code of an application or infrastructure to prevent attacks. Our team of experienced security experts reviews the source code of your applications and infrastructure using automated and manual verification techniques to identify vulnerabilities in the source code, including static code analysis tools, and provide recommendations to strengthen your source code.

Configuration reviews

Through configuration reviews, we help you identify potential misconfigurations and weaknesses in the configuration of a host/ server/ device to prevent attacks. Leveraging automated tools and our team’s expertise, we help you identify and remediate misconfigurations to achieve a more secure foundation for your systems.

Phishing exercises/ simulations

Phishing is a form of social engineering where malicious emails or messages are designed to deceive recipients into providing sensitive information, or clicking links or file attachments that install/ execute malware. We can help your organisation by testing the human factor and identifying areas within your business that are more susceptible to a phishing attack. Our team of security experts can help you design and implement three different tiers of a phishing campaign:

Three tiers of phishing campaigns

Cyber trainings/ workshops

Cybersecurity is a team sport involving everyone in an organisation. We help you educate your employees about the latest cyber threats, response tactics and best practices to minimise their likelihood. Our cyber workshops and trainings cover a wide range of topics, including cyber security awareness, latest cyber trends, incident response, and more. These sessions are delivered through a variety of mediums, including online, in-person, and self-paced training modules. After the sessions, we provide detailed reporting on the results of the workshops and trainings, including metrics on employee awareness and comprehension.

By conducting regular cyber workshops and trainings, you can improve your security posture, reduce the chance and risk of successful attacks, and protect your valuable assets and data.

Vulnerability management as a service (VMaaS)

Our VMaaS helps you to increase the visibility of your assets and minimise your threats in a fast, scalable, intelligent and automated manner. We help clients with our end-to-end vulnerability management from a people, process and technology perspective. We help clients in transforming their vulnerability management with our tailored process and robotic tool: Hackbot.

Learn more about our VMaaS offerings

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Jimmy Sng

Jimmy Sng

Technology Risk Services Leader, PwC Singapore

Tel: +65 9746 6771

Gehan Kaushal

Gehan Kaushal

Senior Manager, Digital Solutions, PwC Singapore

Tel: +65 9738 9480

Fook Lim Yap

Fook Lim Yap

Senior Manager, Digital Solutions, PwC Singapore

Tel: +65 9816 7512

Iaroslav Mezin

Iaroslav Mezin

Senior Manager, Digital Solutions, PwC Singapore

Tel: +65 9619 5382

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