Kieran Roberts, Founder and Director at one of our partners, Fortifi Cyber Security, provides tips on getting the scope of a Penetration Test right, specifically how to plan ahead with what to test, in what order, and why. Read on to find out how to genuinely improve your security.

Most organisations know they should run a penetration test, but far fewer stop to ask what the test is actually meant to achieve.

Each year, a renewal date appears, last year's scope gets dusted off, the same systems get tested again, and a near-identical report lands in someone's inbox. A box is ticked, and nobody is much safer than they were twelve months ago.

That is the problem we want to talk about.

Not whether you should test, but what you should test, in what order, and why, because if you get the scope right, a penetration test becomes a genuine improvement to your security. Get it wrong, and you have bought yourself a very expensive piece of paper.