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Wireless (WiFi) Penetration Testing

What Is Wireless Penetration Testing?

During a wireless penetration testing engagement, our cybersecurity consultants assume the roles of would-be malicious attackers and attempt to breach your wireless networks visible to anyone in the vicinity of your network.

Wireless networks, WiFi, Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), IEEE 802.11 signals, and other wireless access points can be easy ways for an attacker to breach your system. There are no locks to pick, no people to deceive, and you can perform the whole operation from the parking lot. It can also sometimes give attackers direct access to an internal network without having to breach a firewall.

In fact, many cybercriminals are known for searching for targets through a tactic known as war driving. This strategy entails driving in search of a WiFi network from a moving vehicle, using laptops, smartphones, and mobile devices.

Because wireless networks are such big targets for cyber criminals, compliance with most security standards (including PCI DSS, SOC2 and HIPAA) requires wireless penetration testing. This comprehensive and thorough investigation of your wireless network’s risks helps organizations to understand what’s vulnerable, what’s at stake, and how to target resources for remediation.

We provide wireless penetration testing services and our approach is in-line with industry known standards of assessments. Upon completion, our discovery will be compiled into a comprehensive report designed to assist your organization in prioritizing vulnerabilities by criticality and risk-level. This information is required to depict how our security consultants exploited your network and advise to take immediate action to protect your environment.

Our Methodology

Bastion-Fort Security has extensive experience with complex architecture designs gained through years of experience working with clients of all sizes, industries and structures. As we are stay updated with hreat activity on a daily basis, we are constantly learning about the latest attack techniques, exploits and security flaws.

Our methodology covers:

Reconnaissance – Our team of security consultants will perform information gathering before any simulated attacks are executed.
Vulnerability Detection – Bastion-Fort Security will perform vulnerability detection to discover flaws in systems, networks and applications which can then be leveraged by the consultant.
Exploitation – Bastion-Fort Security will try to actively exploit security weaknesses identified in the vulnerability detection phase. To achieve this Pure Security may use publicly available, in-house developed or commercially available exploit kits.
Privilege Escalation – After a target has been successfully compromised, Bastion-Fort Security will try to gain a further foothold within the organization, this may involve gaining higher privileges in the system or potentially gaining access to other systems on the internal network. The end goal is to gain complete control of the network.
Data Exfiltration – Based on the scope of the project, Bastion-Fort Security may be required to perform data extraction. To achieve this, our security consultant will use a set of tools and techniques in order to extract specific data from the organization’s network.
Reporting and Delivery – Bastion-Fort Security will document, in priority order, the issues identified, along with recommendations for every issue identified. These are presented in a clear and meaningful way for both a technical and a business audience.