What is penetration testing?
Penetration testing (also known as pen testing or ethical/white hat hacking) is where your website, computer network or wireless network is tested to find vulnerabilities that could be exploited by an attacker.
Our primary objectives in performing a penetration test are to:
- Identify security weaknesses in the system being tested
- Recommend remedial actions to reduce or remove the identified weaknesses
To do this we use the same techniques as a malicious attacker/black hat hacker would use, but rather than then exploiting the security vulnerability, we inform you of what we have found and provide options on how to reduce the chances of an attack being successful
What is the difference between black hat hacker and a white hat hacker?
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X Hack your website for free | ✓ Hack your website and charge you for it |
| ✓ Find all the known vulnerabilities |
X Gain access to your website | ✓ Show how others might gain access to your website |
X Spread malware using your website | ✓ Scan and remove any malware |
X Retain access to your website forever | ✓ Show how to secure your website against black hat hackers |
X Destroy your company reputation | ✓ Protect and enhance your reputation |
X Steal your client list or other critical business information | ✓ Maintain the security of your critical business information |
X Expose you to the possibility of legal action | ✓ Reduce the risk of legal action against you |
We are CIISec, CREST and GCHQ accredited white hat hackers, allowing us to perform penetration testing against websites, computer networks and wireless networks
Louise McCormack, Timbateq Limited
I had the pleasure of attending a workshop, Cybercrime- what can go wrong? as part of the #LBF (Leicester Business Festival) . I found the course to be relaxed yet informative, with Trevor’s warm and friendly style, I was able to participate without any inhibition. His knowledge has proved valuable, allowing a proactive and productive implementation of new processes in the work place.
Louise McCormack
Alex Cachia – Web Nerd
Trevor travelled down to Kent in July (2022) to give a talk for CodeHarbour regarding his expertise in cyber security. His talk was incredible and opened up many discussions around web hacking and what we, as developers, can do to prevent it. I know who I’ll be calling if I get hacked that’s for sure!
Alex Cachia
Debbie Porter – Destination Digital Marketing
Just like A&E, the emergency services or call centres, Trevor must be often on the receiving end of somebody in distress who gets in touch with a cyber security issue and needs help **right now**. And just like James Bond, a lot of what he deals with ‘remains classified’.
I had met Trevor on FSB zoom networking sessions, and so had become aware of him and his ‘white hat’. I found myself with a pressing need to sort out an issue that had cropped up via a bad actor. I got in touch with Trevor and he responded really quickly, which in itself is a really important thing when you find yourself in crisis.
He quickly laid out a clear plan of action for the problem in hand that would keep me operating on the right side of the law whilst dealing with the security issue in hand.
I would recommend Trevor to anyone with any form of cyber security breach issue, or anyone who needs a security audit. He gave me solid advice and a clear plan to follow and in a world of sharks, he’s a dependable person to trust.
Debbie Porter
Louisa Sando-Patel, Bright Owl Copywriting & Communications
Trevor is an expert when it comes to cybersecurity. Over the years, Trevor has given sound advice to help me protect my website from spam-bots and other security threats. If you’re looking to protect your IT systems and your website, I highly recommend speaking to Trevor.
Louisa Sando-Patel
Avtar Singh, Oadby PC Repairs Ltd
I’ve been to 2 of Trevor’s seminars/lectures recently and both werebrilliant; engaging, informative and highly worthwhile, I woulddefinitely recommend them to anyone wanting to learn more about Cybersecurity.
Avtar Singh
Oadby PC Repairs Ltd
Sue Grogan, Joined-Up Working
Trevor hosts all my important information on a cloud storagesystem for me. If there’s a problem, which there was at my end acouple of months ago, the system flags this up and then I get a callfrom Trevor. He sorted it out very quickly which was a relief for me! His knowledge of cybersecurity is amazing too, if a little scary………..
Sue Grogan
Julie Jordan-Spence – FSB
Trevor is concise, professional and extremely knowledgeable in all of his subjects. He recently gave a very interesting and thought provoking talk to the Federation of Small Business Virtual Networking group that I host here in Leicester, on the subject of Cyber crime. It stimulated many questions and much discussion, all of which made for a very positive meeting.
Julie Jordan-Spence