Mobile Application Security
Mobile Application Penetration Testing (MAPT)
What is and benefits of penetration testing mobile applications
Today, mobile applications are a fundamental pillar of both the daily lives of billions of people around the world and the business growth of organisations. However, the speed with which they are developed and deployed can leave room for critical vulnerabilities that put sensitive data and brand reputation at risk. Mobile Application Penetration Testing (MAPT) provides organisations with an in-depth analysis of their applications, simulating real-world attacks to identify and remediate potential vulnerabilities. This approach anticipates threats and strengthens security, ensuring a safe and reliable user experience. It is an in-depth, multi-step process that helps organisations identify and fix vulnerabilities before they can be exploited, protecting corporate data and user privacy.
Benefits of Mobile Application Penetration Testing
Identify vulnerabilities
By performing this test, known vulnerabilities can be identified early in development or after release, allowing them to be fixed in time to prevent breaches and reduce the risk of exploits being easily executed.
Protect your business
With a MAPT, you can play it safe and proactively prevent a breach from damaging customer confidence, avoid costly disruptions and ensure long-term business continuity and data protection.
Compliance and security
Protecting apps means complying with regulations such as GDPR and PCI-DSS, while maintaining the highest security standards by OWASP. Avoid fines and ensure that customers get the best security.
Save costs
Identifying vulnerabilities before they can be exploited helps reduce system and application recovery costs, avoiding unexpected operational expenses and potential security compliance fines.
Increased application resilience
MAPT tests how resilient the application is to reverse engineering and tampering. This allows measures to be taken to make the code more secure and protect against weaknesses.
Competitive differentiation
Providing robust and secure applications becomes a strategic advantage, preventing unavailability and attacks on the application from undermining customer confidence and establishing the company as a market leader.
How does MAPT work?
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Planning and scoping - Work with the organisation to define the scope and identify the specific requirements of the application to be tested.
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OSINT (Open Source INTelligence) Preliminary Analysis - Gathering and analysing publicly available information to assess threats and risks, e.g. by examining server configurations, public repositories, files in in-store applications.
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Simulation of real-world attacks - Perform tests using OWASP methodologies to identify vulnerabilities in the application and environment, including weak encryption and lack of local protection.
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Validation and analysis of findings - In-depth assessment of vulnerabilities, scoring according to the CVSS standard and prioritisation of interventions.
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Reporting and mitigation - Provide detailed reports with information on impact, test repeatability and practical solutions to remediate identified vulnerabilities.
Operating specifications and regulatory references
Mobile Application Penetration Testing provides a clear view of the security posture of applications, enabling organisations to take timely action to protect their digital assets and maintain customer confidence.
Investing in MAPT is a strategic choice to protect your business in an increasingly threatened digital environment. According to a report by OWASP, more than 60 percent of mobile application security breaches are due to vulnerabilities that could be identified using their penetration testing models. The ability to identify vulnerabilities both during development and at a later stage avoids costly business disruption and preserves corporate reputation. Ongoing and thorough penetration testing ensures that applications are ready to withstand emerging threats, reducing the risk of data breaches and increasing service stability.
A well-structured mobile application penetration testing service allows organisations to maintain a competitive advantage by proactively responding to changes in the technology landscape and quickly adapting to new security challenges.
