Continuous Security: from one-off penetration tests to ongoing programs

Continuous Security as a supervised program with penetration testers: testing in sync with your changes, closing vulnerabilities, monitoring the attack surface and documenting the status.

Continuous Security
Continuous testing2 services
Closing the vulnerabilities3 services
Monitor & document4 services
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What it's all about

A penetration test is a snapshot with a specific date. Afterward, your environment continues to change, and vulnerabilities often remain open. Continuous Security transforms this into a managed program with penetration testers and consultants, not just a platform: We test in sync with your changes, guide your team until vulnerabilities are closed, and monitor your attack surface. We provide evidence of this progress to auditors, regulators, insurers, and management. The key metric is the time a vulnerability remains open, not the number of tests per year.

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First the initial situation, then the tempo

The process begins with a complete penetration test. Only against this baseline can changes, new findings, and progress be measured, and only then can it be determined whether a finding is new or merely newly discovered.

02

Checked before it's on the list

Not every change is a risk, and not every scanner hit is a vulnerability. Our penetration testers assess exploitability before a finding affects your team. We report critical findings immediately, regardless of the reporting schedule.

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Closed means retested

A finding is only considered resolved when the attack no longer works in a retest. Every finding has a documented status: open, in progress, closed, or knowingly accepted as a residual risk.

Continuous testing

Penetration tests in sync with your environment: in fixed cycles, with every release, or across all companies within a group. One contract framework, one team that understands your environment, and results as soon as they are available.

Pentest as a Service

Pentest as a Service (PTaaS): a framework agreement, a team that knows your environment, and tests in sync with your changes instead of once a year.

Regarding the performance

Release tests before go-live

Release penetration tests before go-live: We specifically test new features, roles and APIs within the fixed test window of your release calendar.

Regarding the performance

Closing the vulnerabilities

We will guide your team professionally through the resolution process until the status is closed, document it in the retest, and show in the maturity check where technology and control should focus next.

Implementation support

Close vulnerabilities with expert knowledge: Our penetration testers guide your team through solutions, architectural decisions and validation until they have mastered the process themselves.

Regarding the performance

Retest & Proof of Rectification

The retest after the penetration test shows, for each finding, whether your measures are effective and provides proof of this to management, auditors, regulators and insurers.

Regarding the performance

Security roadmap (maturity check)

A maturity check that overlays technical security and security management to create a roadmap for measures, competencies, and key performance indicators.

Regarding the performance

Monitor & document

We keep the picture of your external attack surface up to date, use Darknet Exposure to check which access data is circulating, and prepare the results in such a way that auditors, supervisors, insurers, as well as management and the board of directors can work with them.

Attack Surface Management

Attack Surface Management with Penetration Testers: Changes to your external attack surface are detected, checked for exploitability, and retested promptly.

Regarding the performance

Darknet Exposure

Darknet Exposure with verification: You will find out which access credentials for your company are circulating and which of them still work today.

Regarding the performance

Pentest certificates (audit, supervision & insurance)

One assessment, multiple proofs: test certificate, proof of rectification and documented information for NIS2, DORA, TISAX, ISO/IEC 27001 and your cyber insurance.

Regarding the performance

Management presentation

Pentest results as a management summary for executive management and board of directors: substantiated figures, clear options and documented decisions.

Regarding the performance

Which category fits?

The categories at a glance: what question they answer, how we proceed, and what you will get in the end.

CategoriesYour questionAgendaResult
Continuous testingIs the status still secure after changes and releases?Manual penetration tests at fixed intervals or per releaseCurrent findings as soon as they are available
Closing the vulnerabilitiesHow are findings truly concluded?Professional support until the status is closed, retest, maturity checkDocumented status per finding, maturity level and plan
Monitor & documentWhat is accessible from the outside and how do we document the stand?Attack surface and darknet in focus, evidence compiledStatus reports, test certificate, Management presentation

Wo could be shown Are you right now?

It continues like this01Consultation02Scoping and offer03Test and report, retest on request

If you have any further questions are open

These are the questions we receive most frequently. We'd be happy to clarify anything that's missing in a personal consultation.

Generally, yes, because without a baseline, there's no benchmark for any subsequent changes. If a current report is available, we check during the scoping phase whether it serves as a valid baseline or whether we need to establish one using our own test.

Neither: It's a supervised program with penetration testers. Platforms and scanners reliably detect systems and known signatures. However, they don't assess whether three medium-level detections together form an attack chain, and they don't resolve any detection. We provide the manual review by penetration testers, the management of remediation, and the verification. You can continue to use your existing in-house platforms.

Pentest as a Service It runs with a minimum term of twelve months, which Implementation support The process depends on the findings and the planned handover. We will jointly determine the scope and pace during the scoping phase. Our goal is for your team to work more independently at the end than at the beginning.

It covers key steps of a CTEM approach, but does not replace a complete CTEM program. CTEM describes a recurring cycle: define scope, assess attack surface, prioritize risks, validate exploitability, and implement remediation measures. Our program primarily provides validation by penetration testers, prioritization based on attack paths, and management of remediation through to retesting. We complement, rather than replace, your existing inventory and exposure data tools.

Talk to us about Continuous Security

Briefly describe what it's about. We'll work out the details with you during the scoping process. For the consultation, we need...

You don't need to prepare; we'll guide you expertly step by step. Based on your business processes and IT systems, we'll work together to determine the right testing concept.

Our team for consultation and scopingWe select the expert best suited to your needs. This person will then contact you. From the moment you commission the project, a dedicated project manager from the relevant department will take over until the retest.+49 261 450 930 90info@prosec-networks.com

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