The need for pentesting

There are several points that describe the significance of pentesting:

• Pentesting identifies the threats that might expose the confidentiality of an organization
• Expert pentesting provides assurance to the organization with a complete and detailed assessment of organizational security
• Pentesting assesses the network's efficiency by producing a huge amount of traffic and scrutinizes the security of devices such as firewalls, routers, and switches
• Changing or upgrading the existing infrastructure of software, hardware, or network design might lead to vulnerabilities that can be detected by pentesting
• In today's world, potential threats are increasing significantly; pentesting is a proactive exercise to minimize the chances of being exploited
• Pentesting ensures whether suitable security policies are being followed or not

Consider the example of a well-reputed e-commerce company that makes money from an online business. A hacker or a group of black hat hackers find a vulnerability in the company's website and hack it. The amount of loss the company will have to bear will be tremendous.