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"Why test what we know is bad?"
Posted on 2023-08-01 by Nathan Jarvie in Industry
“Why bother getting a penetration test when we already know they will compromise us? “
“We already know our security sucks, we don’t need someone to tell us that.”
We occassionally hear this sentiment from our clients. Penetration testing is much, much more than just “getting pwned” by your friendly neighbourhood hacker-man. This article goes through the benefits of getting a network penetration test done even when you know there are problems.