Do I need a penetration test?

If you have a website that takes information about users…
If you have a website that takes credit cards…
If you have an internal system that shares personal information with external bodies…
If you develop systems that will hold personal information…

You are obliged to have a penetration test BY LAW

If you have any other sort of system available for the public to use, and your business would suffer if you lost it completely, then it would be madness not to have it tested. A penetration test is not like insurance, only useful if you suffer from something; it’s more like a security guard walking around and making sure all the doors and windows are locked.

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