Bangalore Labs offers to hack, ethically

BANGALORE: Bangalore Labs, the Internet infrastructure managers, has
announced the launch of a new service called Vulnerability Assessment, as part
of the b-Secure@BL practice. This is in line with Bangalore Labs' strategy of
being a complete consulting and implementation solution provider and setting
standards for managed services, which include ‘managed security services’
(MSS).



Bangalore Labs’ chief of security practice Milind Dikshit says, "While
the Internet is about sharing information, every organization has some
confidential information. Information Systems security is all about protecting
such information. What complicates the issue is that the overburdened and
understaffed information security team has to manage an ever-growing multitude
of threats from inside and outside the organization,’’ he said.

"It's a never-ending race between the relentless hackers who specialize
in finding weak spots in the network, operating systems, applications and
databases, and the information systems’ manager who has to identify the
threats and provide safeguard against such potential threats," he added.



It is to counter such a scenario that the Security Solutions Practice at
Bangalore Labs has introduced the first-ever complete service called
Vulnerability Assessment, a combination of simulated penetration testing
(Ethical Hacking) and scanning (Security Scan) service.

Vulnerability Assessment is a methodical approach, which helps examine the
security of an Information Systems infrastructure comprising of network devices,
systems, applications and databases. It is a mutually agreed upon arrangement
under which an organization can employ an external agency to simulate a hack and
therefore expose existing vulnerabilities, if any.

This information can then be used to incorporate the appropriate security
policy and design architecture to make the infrastructure more secure. The tests
involved the Security Scan (which is a perimeter scan over the Internet, server
systems, OS and Database) and ethical hacking that would expose the
vulnerabilities in the organization's systems. The results can then be
incorporated with appropriate security features in the system.



In a bid to create awareness on the importance of such a service, Bangalore Labs
will offer a free Vulnerability Assessment on a trial basis for up to a maximum
of three-public IP addresses, per customer for a limited period. Customized to
suit the needs of any organization, the Vulnerability Assessment which involves
the b-Secure@BL team conducting tests using a combination of tools and
procedures. More details are available at:

http://www.bangalorelabs.com/html/esolutions/vulnerability_assessment.html/

The b-Secure@BL security practice of Bangalore Labs, apart from Vulnerability
Assessment, also, has a full suite of services from risk/threat assessment, gap
analysis, security audit, security policy design, security architecture design,
security implementation, vulnerability fix, remote firewall management services,
online intrusion & detection.