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Secure your applications - Pentesting+ from BearingPoint
Application Pentest
Application Pentest
Applications are a common target for hackers — security vulnerabilities and misconfigurations can lead to data leaks, system compromises, and financial losses. Without a thorough security analysis, these weaknesses often go undetected, exposing your company to significant risks. A professional pentest identifies vulnerabilities early — helping you protect your applications before attackers can exploit them.
Our BearingPoint Pentesting+ team simulates real cyberattacks and specifically tests your applications. Depending on your requirements, we can assess the following areas:
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Depending on your goals and the desired test depth, we offer various approaches to application penetration testing — from realistic attack simulations using blackbox, greybox, or whitebox techniques to collaborative source code reviews and hybrid assessments. But what are the differences between these methods — and which one is right for your application?
In a blackbox penetration test, the tester receives no internal information and acts like an external attacker. Typically, our testers are only provided with the application’s URL — creating a highly realistic attack scenario. This method is well-suited for quick security checks but generally offers less depth than other approaches. For this reason, blackbox testing is often integrated as a component within a broader greybox or whitebox assessment.
The greybox pentest is one of the most commonly selected penetration testing methods. Our testers are typically provided with user-level access and relevant documentation (e.g., API specs) to identify targeted vulnerabilities. This method allows for a focused and efficient security assessment, offering an effective balance between testing depth and required effort.
A whitebox pentest offers the most comprehensive security assessment, providing maximum transparency for the testing team. In addition to user access, testers are given in-depth insights — often including source code, architecture documentation, and configuration details. This method is ideal for advanced testing scenarios, especially when previous blackbox or greybox tests reveal few or no findings. Our teams often apply a hybrid approach to ensure optimal test coverage.
The Collaborative Source Code Review is based on OWASP ASVS and combines security assessments with developer interviews, code analyses and architecture reviews. This approach makes it possible to uncover vulnerabilities that traditional penetration tests may miss. It’s especially valuable when a detailed analysis of the underlying security architecture is required — often complemented by a greybox pentest to enable an even more in-depth assessment.
The most thorough method for a holistic security assessment is the hybrid review, in which our pentesting team combines a greybox penetration test with a collaborative source code review. This dual approach allows us to uncover both practical vulnerabilities through simulated attacks and deeper, structural risks through in-depth code and architecture analysis. It offers maximum transparency and ensures comprehensive protection of your most security-critical components.
When performing application penetration tests, we follow established OWASP guidelines and standards to ensure that our assessments cover the most relevant and up-to-date security risks. This includes, among others:
Our methodology forms the basis for detailed security checks and enables a well-founded, practical risk analysis - for any type of application.
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