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A customer would like to know in detail what costs penetration testing causes on the one hand, and what benefits penetration has on the other hand.
Also, what it effectively means to save costs through security.
The last point cannot be narrowed down by me exactly, therefore my question in this regard:
I've been involved in organizing penetration testing for my employer's software, and what I've experienced is that the quoted price depends on a combination of:
As a general guideline, if the penetration tester(s) will be working entirely through scanning the application with one of the standard tools and interpreting the results it will be less expensive than a mix of automated and manual security testing.
It's best to think of the costs of penetration testing as insurance: depending on the country your customer is in, fines for data breaches can be extremely significant (and can cause bankruptcy). By finding and fixing security holes, security testing helps to prevent data breaches. As such, it's not so much a question of how much prevention can save as whether the business can afford to go without it.
The total cost might depend on several factors, such as type of penetration test, scope, length, and the number of testers.
This company offers several types:
(I have no affiliation to the company, this is just an example)
The scope is directly proportional to cost, this is pretty obvious. More servers/locations need to be tested, more working hours to bill.
You could hire one tester for one day or multiple testers for multiple weeks/months.
It depends on the value of data or servers' downtime or ransom or whatever factor will hurt you the most.
The actual cost of penetration testing or security testing services depends on several factors like: Product size, Scope of testing, and type of methodology used for testing the product.
Below are a few factors that play a crucial role in determining the cost of penetration or security testing services for an application:
Scope of testing: For each penetration test, it has to follow an organization-defined scope for testing. That scope has a combination of Test case count, Platform, APIs, etc.
Methodology: The cost of penetration testing can fluctuate depending on the comprehensiveness of the test and methodology because each methodology has a different set of tests and areas to focus on.
Product size: Investment in penetration testing is completely dependent on the complexity and product scale. As scale depicts the number of accounts/records associated and complexity shows the type of services incorporated with the product.
Penetration security testing checks the ‘stamina level’ of your whole web system to explore vulnerabilities. In this type of testing it provides a comprehensive report of: tools, techniques, and Scope of improvements.
The cost of penetration testing depends upon below given parameters
Size: The cost of a penetration is directly depends on the scale and complexity of the organization. Complexity is determine by the complexity of applications, servers, IP address, facilities, and database that is involved.
Scope: The scope defines priority areas that needs to be tested in your application or network such as – the number of pages, APIs, test cases, network devices, etc
Methodology: Penetration testing price depends on the methodology and comprehensiveness of the test. Different methodologies having different areas to focus. Each methodology has a different set of tests, proficient tool or slower methodology produce a higher quality results.
Remote Testing: The cost of penetration testing is high for remote testing or onsite testing.
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