…to find the right pentesting solution for your SME!
As cyberattacks continue to spread, penetration testing is still the gold standard for minimizing exploitable risk.
Get to the heart of your IT security requirements with these eight questions! This will help you find the best cybersecurity solution that really makes your SME more secure.
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1. can the solution test 10,000+ IPs in production without compromise?
First benchmark: Can the solution offered seamlessly test your entire IP range while maintaining operational stability?
Why this is important: Attackers see your company as a coherent system — and not as isolated boundaries.
Beware of automated penetration tests that cannot be scaled to test your entire attack surface. They often hide this limitation behind the suggestion to test in smaller segments, but this limits the accuracy of the tests.
Expect more: In contrast, test the DEFENDERBOX-customers routinely test tens of thousands of IPs in a single test — even up to 100,000 or more. This means comprehensive coverage that reflects the attacker’s perspective.
Ask the providerCan you test 10,000+ IPs in production without compromising performance or test results?
2. can the solution handle hybrid cloud environments and switch seamlessly between on-premise and cloud?
Why this is importantJust as they scrutinize your entire IP range, attackers will also take a holistic view of your infrastructure.
Caution with Solutions that call themselves “cloud” but only run on a single VM within a VPC and are therefore unable to switch between multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments.
Expect moreAn autonomous pentesting solution should be able to move freely in your hybrid environment. In a recent example DEFENDERBOX on-site, discovered AWS keystore files in a shared drive and gained access to the production cloud. This holistic approach ensures that there are no blind spots.
Ask the providerHow does your solution navigate between cloud and on-premise infrastructure?
3. autonomous — does the solution dynamically adapt to what it finds during the security scans?
Why this is important: To anticipate what an attacker might do, you (or rather, your SaaS pentesting solution) need to act like an attacker. think.
Caution with automated solutions that require predefined scripts and workflows: they are static, have no context and cannot recognize new or complex attack paths.
Expect moreDEFENDERBOX is autonomous (not just automated), meaning it can make real-time decisions and react to what it detects in your environment — just like an attacker would. DEFENDERBOX moves laterally, chaining multiple vulnerabilities together for critical downstream impact.
Ask the provider: What intelligent decisions is the solution capable of?
4. evidence — does the solution provide clear evidence of successful use?
Why this is importantDue to the many false positives from vulnerability scanners, people no longer trust the scan results from black box systems. To achieve the right level of urgency for risk mitigation, you need concrete evidence of vulnerabilities with the corresponding impact — especially if you are asking other teams to act.
Beware of Solutions that do not provide usable evidence and leave you and/or the teams you work with doubting the validity of the results.
Expect moreDEFENDERBOX provides comprehensive evidence of every successful exploit, including auditable logs of all executed commands. This transparency makes it more credible to other teams and enables you to verify that your security tools have logged, detected and responded to the activity — or whether it has been completely overlooked.
Ask the provider: What evidence do you provide me with for each successful attack?
5. remedial action — does the solution provide guidance on how to fix the problem?
Why this is importantA diagnosis without a treatment plan is not very helpful. The same applies to knowing where vulnerabilities can be exploited without knowing how to remedy them.
Beware of Solutions that do not provide detailed, actionable instructions on how to fix the problems.
Expect moreDEFENDERBOX offers precise, clear corrective measures for every exploited vulnerability. They are developed by our experts. As a rule, they are written in such a way that IT administrators and network technicians can understand them without the need for highly qualified security expert knowledge.
Ask the providerDo you provide troubleshooting guides and easy-to-follow corrective actions? Would you provide examples of corrective actions and remediation reports?
6. retest — can you quickly check whether the problems have been eliminated or mitigated?
Why this is importantIf you find a vulnerability, fix it, but only think that the fix was successful, you are still unprotected! You must be able to verify it.
Beware of automated pentesting solutions that may allow you to test more frequently, but which do not require “surgical” tests for the straight allow corrections to be made. This makes your correction processes inefficient.
Expect moreWith the DEFENDERBOX, users can verify their corrections within minutes by carrying out targeted retests directly after the correction. This improves the time to resolution and frees up valuable capacity.
Ask the providerHow can I check when a vulnerability has been fixed? How long does this usually take?
7. early response — how quickly can the solution be adapted when new KEVs emerge?
Why this is importantNew CISA KEVs (Known-Exploited Vulnerabilities) are a favorite target for attackers because they know that these emerging vulnerabilities are likely to be unsecured. This means they will strike while the iron is still hot.
Caution with Solutions that do not have the resources to quickly adapt their tools and protect against zero and N‑day threats.
Expect moreA team of world-class cybersecurity experts behind the DEFENDERBOX NodeZero Rapid Response integrates new exploits for CISA KEVs into the platform within hours. We are often the first to weaponize and test these new risks, which gives our customers a decisive advantage. Because DEFENDERBOX is a SaaS platform, customers can simply run a new test to find out if they are at risk and need to take action.
Ask the provider: How quickly have you adapted to emerging threats — such as the new CISA KEVs — over the past year? What updates do customers need to make to gain access to new vulnerabilities?
8. unified analysis — how does the tool help me understand organization-wide test data?
Why this is importantTo make the best strategic decisions, you need to shift your focus from individual tests to overall trends.
Caution with Solutions where you have to compile data manually across tests and teams.
Expect moreDEFENDERBOX Dashboard, coming soon, will give security managers a comprehensive view of their pentesting data so they can measure progress, better prioritize and keep managers informed with pre-built reports.
Ask the providerWhat overall and trend data do you provide for all the pentests we carry out?
As cyberattacks continue to spread, penetration testing is still the Gold standardto minimize the exploitable risk. However, only if security scans (pentests)
- carried out on a large scale and continuously
- with recommendations for remedial action and verification, and
- with an overview of all test data obtained over time
be supported.
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