TESTING WEB APPLICATIONS AGAINST REAL-WORLD DATA BREACH ATTEMPTS
CORE IMPACT Pro offers the first and only automated methodology for testing the security of web applications and demonstrating the potential consequences of a web-based attack. With IMPACT Pro, you can regularly and safely test web applications against actual data breach attempts, without requiring advanced technical skills. Leveraging the product’s Rapid Penetration Test (RPT) capabilities, you go beyond scanning to identify and interact with at-risk web applications to expose backend data – just as an attacker could.
IMPACT Pro’s web application security testing capabilities enable you to:
- identify weaknesses in web applications, web servers and associated databases
- dynamically generate exploits that can compromise security weaknesses
- demonstrate the potential consequences of a successful attack
- get information necessary for addressing security issues and preventing data incidents
IMPACT Pro is the only product to integrate web application penetration testing with network testing and end-user testing. You can therefore confidently assess your organization’s ability to detect, prevent and respond to real-world, multistaged information security threats.
Go beyond scanning to identify real threats and eliminate false positives
Mitigating web application vulnerabilities typically requires developers to rework code, so it’s critical that web application security testing pinpoint actual threats and eliminate false positives. IMPACT Pro both identifies potential vulnerabilities and validates them against dynamically generated exploits. By revealing exactly where and how a data breach could unfold and exposing at-risk information assets, IMPACT Pro enables you to work with developers to confidently plan remediation efforts and avoid unnecessary code changes for both new and existing applications.
Test custom web apps against dynamically generated, real-world exploits
Most web applications are custom-built, or highly customized, and are often not developed with security as a high priority. Because the applications are customized, testing them for security vulnerabilities requires the creation of custom exploits. CORE IMPACT Pro goes beyond web application vulnerability scanning by dynamically creating customized exploits on-the-fly. You can then use these exploits to safely replicate data breach attempts against both custom and out-of-the-box web applications.
Replicate attacks that extend to backend network systems
Web applications do not exist in a vacuum and are usually networked to other systems. Consequently, a compromised web application can open the door to attacks on other network assets, compounding the damage caused by the initial breach. With the addition of web application testing to its comprehensive network and end-user security testing capabilities, IMPACT Pro now enables you to safely assess your security against attacks that leverage all three attack methods. For instance, IMPACT Pro can replicate an attack that initially compromises a web server or end-user workstation and then permeates to backend network systems. Only IMPACT Pro allows you to test information security in the face of such pervasive attacks.
