New Dycendo software pentest session started.
ScienceSoft team will perform black box and white box penetration testing based on a customized plan.
Black box is a "blind" testing method: it simulates an external attack without any knowledge of the system. This type of testing can be considered the most authentic and realistic among cyber attacks, demonstrating how a hacker, without internal knowledge, would target and compromise an organization. Just like in the real world.
Black-Box testing is very important because it examines the behavior of a system end-to-end.
White box is also known as clear box test, glass box test, transparent box test and structural test, and with this type of advanced penetration testing, the tester has access to the source code, network protocol and control structures. With this test, the tester will know where to look for logical vulnerabilities, potential security exposures, security misconfigurations, development code with inadequate defensive measures.
While the former ensures that the system works safely and flawlessly for the end user, the latter ensures the quality and security of the application code.
The black box also includes functional tests, system tests and acceptance tests based on system requirements and use cases. The white box relies on unit tests, integration tests and code security analysis.
Many consider black box pentesting as a satisfactory way to ensure compliance requirements. Although this is the cheapest method to perform a pentest, for reconice it does not offer sufficient guarantees.
Black box tests are the least expensive, but they detect a very low number of vulnerabilities.
White box tests are the most expensive. They should identify the greatest number of vulnerabilities, but the time required to identify them is high. This translates into a high cost-vulnerability ratio.
Which is more suitable? Black or White? Both!
For reconice security is a fundamental prerequisite and not an afterthought.
reconice, security by design.