I recently reviewed the results of our corporate network penetration test. I was pleased with the results, although it identified some areas for us to focus on. This level of discovery is exactly why we do it as often as we do. It has become a consistent budget item and one that I feel is worth every dollar of investment.
This level of security focus is smart for our business and it is critical for us to be able to support our clients. More and more I see a growing trend by clients to require that their service providers have implemented strategic processes to ensure that their data is secure and access to their network is protected. Clients are finding that industry regulations and compliancy requirements extend beyond their organizations to those that support them.