Higher Education Institute and Safeguarding Assets

Information Security Officer asked Elliott Davis to help answer, "How can we reduce our risk and exposure as it relates to cybersecurity across each of our campuses?"

Context

• Needed assistance for a Penetration Test of hosted IT and cloud-based infrastructure including three key business applications
• Wanted to assess and improve ability to safeguard critical assets against exploitable vulnerabilities from inside and outside organization

Our Approach

Completed Penetration Testing in 5 stages:

• Defined goals and intelligence gathered
• Applications, networks, systems are tested/ evaluated and vulnerabilities discovered
• Performed attacks against discovered vulnerabilities and attempted  access to critical applications, networks and systems
• Vulnerabilities exploited to achieve persistent presence in critical application, network or system •Detailed report and executive summary detailing approach and results delivered

Customer Impact

• Improved security and resiliency
• Protected critical computer systems and information resources against internal and external cyber threats
• Received insights from the penetration tests to improve the overall security of the institution

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