Adversary Simulation
& Penetration Testing

AppGate's Advanced Penetration Testing Service emulates real-world attackers with tests customized to your environment, combining the power of automated tools (20%) with the depth and expertise of manual testing (80%). Our penetration testing approach includes deep analysis and custom-crafted attacks that closely mimic the strategies of sophisticated adversaries, giving you a clear understanding of your vulnerabilities and empowering you to proactively strengthen your defenses.

Our tests emphasize the following key elements:

• Identity Verification and Least-Privilege Access: We test your systems' ability to verify identities and enforce least-privilege access, ensuring that only authorized users and devices have access to critical resources.
• Segmentation and Isolation: By testing how well you protect your critical assets within your network, we identify areas where adversaries could escalate privileges, move laterally, and gain unauthorized access.
• Data Validation: We test how data is ingested into your infrastructure to ensure you consistently receive the information you need without compromising safety.  
• Tactical Lateral Movement and Privilege Escalation Simulation: We simulate real-world attacks involving lateral movement and privilege escalation to evaluate your environment's response capabilities and identify areas for improvement.
• Actionable Reporting: We provide a detailed risk analysis report that prioritizes vulnerabilities based on severity and potential business impact, coupled with specific Zero Trust-aligned remediation steps to fortify your security posture.

• Cybersecurity Hygiene: Build a continuous testing regimen across the full scope of your IT infrastructure. This validates the security of your products and services as you update them.   
• New Product Deployment: Evaluate potential risks and vulnerabilities before a product moves from development to operation to ensure a confident deployment or integration.   
• Compliance Validation: Test your security environment to verify compliance with regulatory standards like PCI-DSS, HIPAA, or GDPR.   
• Internet Exposure: Evaluate your organization's external internet exposure to identify the most critical gaps in your security posture and prioritize their closure.   
• IoT and OT Security Testing: Assess the vulnerabilities in Internet of Things (IoT) and Operational Technology (OT) environments to protect critical infrastructure and assets.   
• Network Segmentation Testing: Validate the effectiveness of network segmentation controls to limit lateral movement and secure sensitive areas of the network.