What is penetration testing and how often do financial firms need it?

FintechBy: Parsa Aghabarari2 min readSource: CBI
What is penetration testing and how often do financial firms need it?

1Introduction

With permission and defined scope, testers use attacker techniques against web, mobile, internal networks and staff.

2Discussion

The output is a report with risk levels, evidence and remediation; value comes from fixing and retesting.

3Conclusion

For financial systems, test at least annually and after major architectural changes or releases, alongside continuous monitoring.

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